Camblesforth
| Camblesforth | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Brigg Lane, Camblesforth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE648264 |
| Location: | 53°43’49"N, 1°1’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,568 (2011) |
| Post town: | Selby |
| Postcode: | YO8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Selby and Ainsty |
Camblesforth is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the south of Selby, and west of the River Ouse, which marks the boundary of the East Riding. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 1,568.
The village is five miles south of Selby and seven miles west of Goole.
A Methodist Chapel was built here in 1894, which now serves as a village hall, used for meetings of the parish council[1] and other meetings. There are two public houses; the Comus Inn and the Black Dog.
History
The name 'Camblesforth' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Camelesforde and Canbesford. The first element may be a river name corresponding to the Welsh camlais meaning 'crooked stream', so the name may mean 'ford on a crooked stream'.[2]
Merleswein the Sheriff was Lord of the Manor of Camblesforth in 1066. Ralph Paynell became Lord of the Manor in 1086 [3] after Camblesforth suffered the Harrowing of the North by William the Conqueror to subjugate northern England.
In 1224, the Lordship passed through the Paynell family to the de Brus family. Subsequently, Sibil de Beaulieu (d.1301) daughter of Laderina de Brus, Lady of Camblesforth and granddaughter of Peter de Brus, Lord of Skelton married Sir Miles Stapleton (d.1314).[4] The Lordship stayed in the Stapleton family until Henry Edwarde Paine acquired the Lordship from Henry Stapleton, 9th Lord Beaumont in 1893. The Lordship was in the hands of his Mr. Paine's trustees from his death in 1917 to 1956 when it was acquired by Alma Grossman.[5] Richard Gregg, whose ancestors were related to the Brus and Stapleton family through marriage, became the 32nd Lord of Camblesforth when he acquired the Lordship from Ms. Grossman's trustees in 2015. The current heir to the Lordship is his son, Benjamin R. Gregg.
Camblesforth Hall, the seat of Sir Charles Blois, is the oldest standing structure in Camblesforth. The Grade I hall was built c. 1690–1700.[6]
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References
- ↑ Camblesforth Parish Council
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 84 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Camblesforth in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Cokayne. The Complete Peerage. Vol. V, XII. http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p406.htm#i12174.
- ↑ Manorial Society of Great Britain (2013). Manorial Society catalogue.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1173983: Camblesforth Hall (Grade I listing)