Aiskew
| Aiskew | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Aiskew Methodist Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE271885 |
| Location: | 54°17’30"N, 1°35’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,427 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bedale |
| Postcode: | DL8 |
| Dialling code: | 01677 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Richmond |
Aiskew is a village in Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is to be found immediately north-east of Bedale and separated from it by Bedale Beck.
The name is derived from Old Norse eik skógr; 'oak wood'..[1]
History
Remains of a Roman villa were unearthed, in 2015, north of Sand Hill in the village. The building is thought to have been two storeys high with a hypocaust on the ground floor. Animal remains were found extensively across the site. It is thought the site dated from the third to fourth century AD and would have been situated along Dere Street.[2] The site was covered as part of the construction of the Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar by-pass, which opened on 11 August 2016 as part of the upgrade to the A1(M).
The village was known as Echescol in the Domesday Book in the Wapentake of Count Alan of Brittany, the previous Lord having been Gospatric. The village had 7 ploughlands.[3] The Lordship of the Manor followed that of neighbouring Bedale.[4]
In 2013 Masons Gin established a distillery in the village.[5]
About the village
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The Wensleydale Railway, a tourist and heritage line, includes Bedale station on the Aiskew side of Bedale Beck at the edge of the village.[6] The signal box opposite Park House is a Grade II listed building.[7]
In the village is an 18th-century Grade II listed water mill with all its original wooden machinery.[8] There is also an 18th-century 'Leech House' beside the beck.[9]
Churches
There had been both a Baptist church and Primitive Methodist Chapel in the village.[4]
The Methodist Church in Aiskew, which was part of the Ripon & Lower Dales Methodist Circuit, has closed and the congregation merged with the Bedale & District Methodist Church.
There is a Roman Catholic church in the village, dedicated to St Mary & St Joseph, built in 1878, designed by George Goldie of London, after the original Chapel became too small for the congregation.[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Watts, ed. Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names. Cambridge University Press (2011). p. 5.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1426407: Aiskew Roman Villa (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Aiskew in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 364. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
- ↑ "Major blaze damages gin distillery". BBC News. 2 April 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-47784459. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ↑ "Wensleydale Railway". http://www.wensleydalerail.com/about-us/history-of-the-line/. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1252652: Aiskew Signal Box (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1150910: Aiskew Water Mill (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1150909: Aiskew Leech House (Grade II listing)