Goldsborough, West Riding
| Goldsborough | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 The cricket pitch at Goldsborough | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE384561 |
| Location: | 53°59’59"N, 1°24’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 469 (2011) |
| Post town: | Knaresborough |
| Postcode: | HG5 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Goldsborough is a village in Nidderdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire , near the River Nidd a mile east of Knaresborough. Here stands a well-known stately home, Goldsborough Hall. There is a primary school, a single pub, the Bay Horse Inn, and the Goldsborough Cricket Grounds.
The 2011 census recorded a population of 469.
Parish church
The Church of St Mary the Virgin stands in the heart of the community church. The oldest section of the building, the south Norman doorway, dates to the 12th century. Restoration work was carried out for the Byerley family in 1750, and in 1859 by George Gilbert Scott. The church today is a Grade I listed building. In the church there are memorials to Richard de Goldsburgh (d.1308) and his son (d.1333), both are effigies of an armoured knight. There are also memorials to past residents of Goldsborough Hall; Robert Byerley and Daniel Lascelles.[1]
The church was the setting for the baptism of George Henry Hubert Lascelles, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. The baptism was attended by his grandparents King George V and Queen Mary.[2]
Within the churchyard there is a mediæval cross base. This scheduled monument consists of a large cylindrical block of stone upon a square plinth. A small Viking enamelled strap end was found here around 1910.[3]
History
The village appears in the Domesday Book as Golburg or Goldeburgh,[4] which means 'Golda's Burgh' (with 'burgh' meaning a fortified place).[5] It was in the possession of the de Goldesburgh, Hutton and Byerley families at that time.[6]
The village was the seat of the short-lived Wytham Baronetcy during the 1680s.
A Viking hoard was discovered in Goldsborough Village in 1859 during construction outside the north wall of Goldsborough Church. Coins and artefacts dating from 700 to 1050 were found in a leaden chest including fragments of Viking brooches and arm rings, together with 39 coins. It forms one of the largest collections ever discovered in the United Kingdom and is now held at the British Museum in Middlesex.[7]
Goldsborough used to have a railway station on the Harrogate to York railway line.[8][9] The station was located half a mile north-east of the village. The site is where the current A59 passes over the railway line.[10]
Goldsborough Hall
Goldsborough Hall is a Grade II* listed building that was built around 1625 for Richard Hutton. It was bought by Daniel Lascelles in 1760. It became the home of Princess Mary from her marriage to Henry Lascelles in 1922 until he became Earl of Harewood.[11]
On television
Goldsborough was used by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s for filming of The New Statesman.
Society
The village has one public house; The Bay Horse Inn which was built in the mid-late 18th century.[12]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1149951: Church of St Mary (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "A Royal Connection". http://www.knaresboroughanglicanteam.org.uk/our-churches/st-mary-the-virgin-goldsborough-web-site/a-royal-connection/.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1019079: Mediæval cross base south west of St Mary the Virgin's Church (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Goldsborough, West Riding in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 200 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ "Goldsborough Conservation Area Character Appraisal" (PDF). Harrogate Borough Council. 10 December 2008. p. 3. https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/763/conservation_area_-_goldsborough.pdf.
- ↑ Hobson, Bernard (1921). "Antiquities: Anglo-Saxon". West Riding of Yorkshire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-107-65757-1. https://archive.org/details/westridingofyork00hobsuoft.
- ↑ "Goldsborough". http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/goldsborough/index.shtml.
- ↑ Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding : Harrogate and the north. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 49. ISBN 9781840336559.
- ↑ "Disused Stations: Goldsborough Station". http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/goldsborough/index1.shtml.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1315586: Goldsborough Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1188433: Bay Horse Inn (Grade II listing)