Aldwark, North Yorkshire

Aldwark

St Stephen's Church, Aldwark
Aldwark
Aldwark shown within North Yorkshire
Population 308 
OS grid reference SE466634
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town York
Postcode district YO61
Dialling code 01347
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Aldwark is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Ouse about 14 miles from York. The village lies within a conservation area. At the 2001 census it had a population of 116 increasing to 308 at the 2011 Census (and including Flawith and Youlton).[1]

History

The name derives from the Old Saxon, ald weorc, meaning Old Fort and probably refers to the Roman fort guarding the ferry crossing on the old Roman road to York that passed through here.[2][3] The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Adewera and belonged to Ligulf in the Bulford Hundred. It was handed over to Count Robert of Mortain by 1086.[4]

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary constituency. It also lies within the Easingwold electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Tollerton ward of Hambleton District Council.

The parish council has been combined with those of Flawith and Youlton to form Aldwark Area Parish. There are six councillors, three of which represent Aldwark.[5]

Demography

According to the 2001 census, the population was 116 in 50 households. Of these, 31 were detached dwellings and 18 of them were owner occupied. Of the total population, 102 were over 16 years old and 69 were in employment.[6]

Geography

The village is located on the east bank of the River Ure of about 2,236 acres in size. The soil is primarily sand.[3]

Aldwark Bridge is a toll bridge over the river leading to Great Ouseburn[7] It costs 40p and saves a detour of 25 miles. It is reputed to have been damaged by an iceberg in the 19th century.[8][9][10]

It has a two areas of woodland called Aldwark Wood and Aldwark Bridge Wood to the south of the village.

There is a river monitoring station at Aldwark Bridge. River levels normally range between 0.02 metres (0.79 in) and 3.00 metres (9.84 ft), with the record high level being 5.17 metres (17.0 ft).[11]

Village amenities

The village is the location for the Aldwark Manor Golf Club & Spa Hotel and Rising Sun Fisheries. There is a public house, the Aldwark Arms, in the village.[12] The village is served by one bus route between Easingwold and York.[13]

Religion

The church, dedicated to St Stephen, is a quirky design by the Victorian architect Edward Buckton Lamb.[14] It is a Grade II listed building that was consecrated in 1854.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Etymology". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 640. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
  4. ↑ "Domesday Book Entry". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Combined parish council". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Demographics". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Toll Bridge". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Toll bridges, i, 9 May 2012, p.27
  9. ↑ "Overpriced and underused: M6 toll road is going nowhere fast". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Taking its toll". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "River Level Monitoring". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Public House". Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Bus route" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1981). Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096651.
  15. ↑ "Church". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
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