Threshfield

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Coordinates: 54°04′10″N 2°01′01″W / 54.06942°N 2.01689°W / 54.06942; -2.01689
Threshfield
Threshfield

 Threshfield shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD989637
District Craven
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Skipton and Ripon
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Threshfield is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England with a population of 980 residents. It borders Grassington, Linton Falls and Skirethorns. Nearby villages (within 7 miles radius) are Linton, Cracoe, Rylstone, Hetton, Hebden, Kilnsey, and Greenhow.

History

Looking east to Threshfield

Threshfield was originally founded by the Angles.

Before 1066 The Domesday Book shows that the Viking Gamel Bern[1] was the landowner of here and Grassington, farming 840 acres of ploughland.[2] The Norman conquest of England made it part of the lands of Gilbert Tison. But by 1118 Tison had suffered a demotion and his lands returned to the king then given to the honours of Percy, Ramilly, Fitz John and d’Aubigny[3]

The Old Hall, a Georgian inn which takes its name from the 14th century hall at the rear, was built by monks and reputedly the oldest inhabited building in Wharfedale. In the 16th century, Threshfield was part of a huge deer park.

Threshield was historically a township in the parish of Linton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866,[4] and was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.

Sport

Threshfield is home to Wharfedale Rugby Union Football Club who play in National Division One.

Education

Threshfield Primary School

Threshfield School is a primary school for ages of 4–11 years and has approximately 108 pupils enrolled. The school was built in 1674 and is now a Grade II listed building. Several extensions were added; In 2000, two classrooms were built as part of a stone extension. The current headteacher is Sue Weightman.

Upper Wharfedale School

Upper Wharfedale School is a mixed secondary modern school for ages 11–16 years. The school has around 320 pupils enrolled making it smaller than the average secondary school. It is a Sports College and was recently voted the most improved school in North Yorkshire.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gamel Bern was the bairn of Gamel, Thegn of Mercia, and he the son of Orm or Ulf. Together this family of Noblemen held the most land in Northern England.
  2. ↑ Dr. Anne Williams and Prof. G H Martin, ed. (1992). Domesday Book a Complete Translation. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5. 
  3. ↑ Paul Dalton. Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154
  4. ↑ Vision of Britain website

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