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|name=Thorganby<br />
|county=Yorkshire<br />
|riding=East<br />
|picture=Thorganby village street.jpg<br />
|picture caption=Main street, Thorganby<br />
|os grid ref=SE492749<br />
|latitude=53.86947<br />
|longitude=-0.95075<br />
|population=330<br />
|census year=2011<br />
|LG district=Selby<br />
|constituency=<br />
|post town=York<br />
|postcode=YO19<br />
|dialling code=<br />
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'''Thorganby''' is a small village in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]], found sitting three miles from the village of [[Wheldrake]]. According to the 2011 census the village had 330 residents.<br />
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The village is in the [[Ouse and Derwent]] Wapentake of the East Riding, on the west bank of the [[River Derwent, Yorkshire|River Derwent]].<br />
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The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 330.<br />
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==Parish church==<br />
[[File:St. Helens Church - geograph.org.uk - 271721.jpg|left|thumb|200px|St Helens Church]]<br />
A church is first recorded in 1228, when the advowson was appointed to Robert de Meynell.<ref>{{VCH|3|pp=112-120}}</ref><br />
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However, the present structure, the Church of St Helen, which is a grade I listed building, dates from the 15th century.<ref>{{NHLE|1148469|Church of St Helen|grade=I}}</ref> The church is in the ecclesiastical parish of Thorganby, which is in the [[Diocese of York]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Church of St Helen |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18917/more-information/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=29 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The village is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Torgrembi'' and was listed as belonging to Ralph Paynel.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SE6841|Thorganby}}</ref> The name 'Thorganby' derives from a personal name, being the Old Norse ''Þorgrims by'' meaning 'Thorgrim's farmstead or village'.<ref>{{Ekwall|p=466}}</ref><br />
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The nearest railway station in the 19th century was Escrick, some five miles to the west.<ref>[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Thorganby/Thorganby92 THORGANBY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding)] (GENUKI)</ref> However, in 1913, Thorganby gained its own station on the newly opened Derwent Valley Light Railway, which provided a link between York and Selby.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Suggitt |first1=Gordon |title=Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire |date=2007 |publisher=Countryside Books |location=Newbury |isbn=978-1-85306-918-5 |page=127}}</ref> The station closed in 1926 to passengers, but remained open until 1964 for goods traffic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Alan |title=Lost Stations of Yorkshire; the North and East Ridings |date=2015 |publisher=Silver Link |location=Kettering |isbn=978-1-85794-453-2 |page=111}}</ref><br />
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==Miscellany==<br />
The film star Robert Redford visited a pub in the village with friends in March 2011 while in Britain to promote the Sundance London Film Festival. <ref>{{cite news |title=Film star Robert Redford in Thorganby village pub |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-12775919 |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=BBC News |date=17 March 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Outside links==<br />
{{commons|Thorganby, North Yorkshire}}<br />
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