Healaugh, Tadcaster

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Coordinates: 53°55′20″N 1°14′24″W / 53.922165°N 1.239898°W / 53.922165; -1.239898
Healaugh

Junction in Healaugh
Healaugh

 Healaugh shown within North Yorkshire
Population 161 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SE4996347711
    - London 204 mi (328 km)  SSE
Civil parish Healaugh with Catterton CP
District Selby
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO23
Dialling code 01904
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Selby & Ainsty
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Healaugh /hlɔː/is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 161 in 63 households.[1] The village is about three miles north north-east of Tadcaster.

History

Healaugh Park Priory was established near the village at the site now called Healaugh Manor Farm.[2] It was founded in 1218 by Jordan de Santa Maria and his wife, Alice, who was the grand-daughter of Betram Haget. Haget had previously granted the lands outside the village for a hermitage to Gilbert, a monk of Marmoutier.[3] It was finally dissolved in 1535. After the dissolution, it served as the Manor house, amongst whose owners were Sir Arthur D'Arcy and Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton.[4]

Governance

The village lies within the Selby & Ainsty Parliamentary constituency. It is also within the Escrick Electoral Division of the North Yorkshire County Council and the Appleton Roebuck Ward of Selby District Council.

The civil parish is a joint parish with nearby Catterton. The joint Parish council has five members, four of which represent the village.[5]

Geography

The parish covers an area of 3,378 acres of which the village occupies 2,666 acres. It lies 2.29 miles (3.69 km) west of Askham Richard, 1.62 miles (2.61 km) east of Wighill and 1.19 miles (1.92 km) north of Catterton. A short distance to the east of the village is Dam Dyke which flows via Catterton Beck and The Foss into the River Wharfe near Bolton Percy.

Religion

There is a church, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, which was built in Norman times.[4] The vicar Charles Voysey was deprived of the living in 1871 for his heterodox views.

Notable people

  • Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495 – 23 August 1568) - resident, buried in the village
  • John Parker (Whig politician) (21 October 1799 – 5 September 1881) - buried in the village
  • Mark Westaby (born 17 April 1965), British strongman competitor - born in the village

Gallery

Views of Healaugh, Tadcaster
Healaugh Priory 
Healaugh Manor Farm 
Healaugh, St John The Evangelist Church 

References

  1. "Parish Census 2001". Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  2. "Priory". Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  3. "Founding". Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 874. ISBN 1-86150-299-0. 
  5. "Civil Parish Council". Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
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