Asselby
| Asselby | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 The Black Swan | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE717280 |
| Location: | 53°44’39"N, 0°54’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 351 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Goole |
| Postcode: | DN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01757 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Haltemprice and Howden |
Asselby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is located in the south-west of the riding, north of the River Ouse, which forms the boundary with the West Riding of Yorkshire It is situated approximately two miles west of the market town of Howden, in the Howdenshire wapentake. The land surrounding Asselby is very flat and intersected by dykes which drain into the Rivers Derwent and Ouse.
History
Asselby is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Cuthbert, the Bishop of Durham.[2] The name derives from Old Norse - the By of Askil, meaning the farmstead of Askil.[3] The civil parish is formed by the village of Asselby and the hamlet of Knedlington, together with that part of Boothferry village west of the B1228 road.[4] According to the 2011 UK census, Asselby had a population of 351,[1] a rise from the 2001 UK census figure of 299.[5] The Hull and Barnsley Railway ran past the village until 1955, having a level crossing named 'Asselby'.[6] The closest station was Barmby railway station.[7]
The village has one pub, The Black Swan, situated on Main Street. Unusually, Asselby is situated on an entirely dead-end road, which finishes in the next village (which is slightly larger than Asselby), Barmby on the Marsh.2
Northern Gas Networks has a gas pressure reduction and odourisation plant just outside of Asselby.[8][9]
Asselby Island
South of the village, on the banks of the River Ouse is Asselby Island, forming part of the West Riding.[10] The island is now a triangular patch of land which covers some 50 acres,[11] however it used to only be 10 acres and had water surrounding it on all sides.[12][13] Changes in the tidal system meant that the northern channel had almost dried up by the 1940s,[14] and draining by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the 1960s, mean that the island now only has water on the western and southern sides, its northern side being now permanently joined to the northern (East Riding) bank of the river.[15] However, in times of high water, the island does become a true island again.[11]
The island is now wooded (mostly willow trees) and is only 20 ft above sea level.[16] It is opposite the mouth of the River Aire, and is 3½ miles downstream from the present mouth of the River Derwent.[17] The island is now a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC), particularly for invertebrates.[18][19] Historically, the island belonged to the Parish of Drax, but it now belongs entirely with the civil parish of Asselby.[4][20] The Trans-Pennine Trail on the northern bank of the Ouse affords views of the island.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Asselby Parish (1170211133)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=1170211133. Retrieved 14 February 2018
- ↑ "Asselby | Domesday Book". https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7128/asselby/.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Asselby CP". https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=471622&y=427925&z=7&bnd1=CPC&bnd2=CTY+GLA&labels=on.
- ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Asselby Parish (1543504180)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks/report?compare=1543504180}}
- ↑ "Asselby". https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.74550&lon=-0.91320&layers=168&b=1.
- ↑ Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's East Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. pp. 12, 15. ISBN 9781840335521.
- ↑ Benfield, Chris (4 July 2006). "Pipelines' rapid progress across country". The Yorkshire Post. Template:Pq.
- ↑ "Work resumes on vital east-west link". EU Energy (London: McGraw Hill Publications Company) (154): 31. March 2007. SSN 1473-7450.
- ↑ Fisher, Stuart (2012). Rivers of Britain : Estuaries, tideways, havens, lochs, firths and kyles.. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 1408146568.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Berriman, Geoffrey (2016). Islands of England - the North-East and Yorkshire.. Newcastle upon Tyne: Summerhill Books. p. 59. ISBN 191138502X.
- ↑ Sheahan, J. J. (1855). History and topography of the City of York, the Ainsty Wapentake and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Beverley: Whellan. p. 605. OCLC 504409774.
- ↑ "Asselby Island". https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.73057&lon=-0.90960&layers=168&b=1. "Use the slider to toggle between older mapping and modern day satellite imagery"
- ↑ Lewis, David (2017). River Ouse bargeman. Barnsley, Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. p. 127. ISBN 1526716593.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 43408, p. 6897, 14 August 1964.
- ↑ "Asselby Island". https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/asselby-island-east-riding-of-yorkshire.
- ↑ Bradley, Tom (1896). The Yorkshire anglers' guide to the whole of the fishing on the Yorkshire rivers. Leeds: Bradley. p. 72. OCLC 38537601.
- ↑ "Ouse and Humber Strategic Subcatchment Area Biodiversity Action Plan". JBA. January 2010. p. 52. https://yorkshirehumberdrainage.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Biodiversity-Action-Plan.pdf.
- ↑ Kaznowska, S. S.; Wright, F. J. (1995). "Coasts and seas of the United Kingdom Region 6 Eastern England: Flamborough Head to Great Yarmouth". p. 88. https://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/6473ed35-d1cb-428e-ad69-eb81d6c52045/pubs-csuk-region-06.pdf.
- ↑ "Asselby - Aston-Blank | British History Online". https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp100-104.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 3.
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- Asselby in the Domesday Book
