Healaugh, West Riding

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Healaugh
Yorkshire
West Riding

Junction in Healaugh
Location
Grid reference: SE4996347711
Location: 53°55’20"N, 1°14’24"W
Data
Population: 249  (2011 (inc. Catterton)[1]))
Post town: Tadcaster
Postcode: LS24
Dialling code: 01904
Local Government
Council: Selby
Parliamentary
constituency:
Selby and Ainsty

Healaugh is a village and parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, within the Ainsty wapentake. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 161 in 63 households.[2] The population had increased to 249 at the 2011 census.[1] The village is about three miles north north-east of Tadcaster.

History

Healaugh Park Priory was established near the village at the site now called Healaugh Manor Farm.[3] It was founded in 1218 by Jordan de Santa Maria and his wife, Alice, who was the granddaughter of Bertram Haget. Haget had previously granted the lands outside the village for a hermitage to Gilbert, a monk of Marmoutier.[4] It was finally dissolved in 1535. After the dissolution, it served as the Manor house, amongst whose owners were Sir Arthur D'Arcy and Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton.[5]

Geography

The parish covers an area of 3,378 acres of which the village occupies 2,666 acres. It lies 2¼ miles west of Askham Richard, 1⅔ miles east of Wighill and 1¼ miles north of Catterton. A short distance to the east of the village is Dam Dyke which flows via Catterton Beck and The Foss into the River Wharfe near Bolton Percy.

Religion

There is a church, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, which was built in Norman times.[5] The vicar Charles Voysey was deprived of the living in 1871 for his heterodox views.

Notable people

  • Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495 – 23 August 1568) - resident, buried in the village
  • John Parker (Whig politician) (21 October 1799 – 5 September 1881) - buried in the village
  • Mark Westaby (born 17 April 1965), British strongman competitor - born in the village

Gallery

Views of Healaugh
Healaugh Priory
Healaugh Priory  
Healaugh Manor Farm
Healaugh Manor Farm  
Healaugh, St John The Evangelist Church
Healaugh, St John The Evangelist Church  

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Healaugh Parish (1170217406)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=1170217406. Retrieved 18 March 2018 
  2. "Parish Census 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798263&c=healaugh&d=16&e=15&g=477039&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1350247106166&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  3. Historic England. "Priory (54769)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=54769. Retrieved 14 October 2012 
  4. Page, William, ed (1974). A History of the County of York: Volume 3. London. pp. 216–219. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 874. ISBN 1-86150-299-0. 

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