Pickhill

Pickhill

Pickhill village green
Pickhill
 Pickhill shown within North Yorkshire
Population 411 
OS grid referenceSE346836
DistrictHambleton
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town THIRSK
Postcode district YO7 4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentRichmond (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 54°14′49″N 1°28′12″W / 54.24705°N 1.47007°W

Pickhill is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It gives it name to the Pickhill-with-Roxby civil parish.

History

The Roman road, Dere Street, passed close to the village following the route of the modern A1.[1]

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Picala. The manor at the time of the Norman invasion was split between Sprot and Thor. Afterwards it passed to Count Alan of Brittany.[2] Up to the 16th century, the manor was largely owned by the Neville family, with some having been given to Fountains Abbey. Thereafter it was split in two and was the possession of the Byerley and Meynell families until the 18th century.[3]

The village used to have a station in the North Eastern Railway region on the Ripon to Northallerton line. The old Station House can be found on Cross Lane. It was functioning between March 1875 and September 1959.[3][4][5]

Governance

The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Bedale electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Tanfield ward of Hambleton District Council.[6]

Geography

The village is located a mile east of the A1, and its nearest neighbours are Sinderby 1.1 miles (1.8 km) to the south, Holme 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to the south-east and Ainderby Quernhow 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to the south. Pickhill Beck runs through the village before joining the nearby River Swale[6]

The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 411, of which 318 were over the age of sixteen years old. There were 157 dwellings of which 112 were detached.[7]

Education

The village has one school, Pickhill CE Primary School, which is within the catchment area of Thirsk School for secondary education.[8][9]

Religion

All Saints church, Pickhill

There is a church in the village dedicated to All Saints. Built around the 12th century, it is a Grade II* listed building that has been restored several times.[1][10] There was a Wesleyan Chapel erected in the village around 1864, now disused.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. pp. 775, 776. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
  2. ↑ Pickhill in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Local History". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Disused Railways". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ordnance Survey Open Viewer
  7. ↑ "2001 UK Census". Key Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Schools". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Primary School
  10. ↑ "Church Listing". Retrieved 13 January 2013.

External links

Media related to Pickhill at Wikimedia Commons