Huby, West Riding
| Huby | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Strait Lane, Huby (2014) | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE275475 |
| Location: | 53°55’22"N, 1°34’58"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 756 (2011) |
| Post town: | Leeds |
| Postcode: | LS17 |
| Dialling code: | 01423 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Skipton and Ripon |
| Website: | www.weetonpc.org.uk |
Huby is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, about five miles south of Harrogate and nine miles north of the city of Leeds.
The name 'Huby' may be from the Old English hoh meanig 'heel' or asharply projecting piece of ground, or it may be from the Old Norse "haugr", for either a natural height or hill, or an artificial mound such as a burial mound; while "by" is Old Norse for a farmstead or village.[1]
The 2011 census for Huby returned 319 households and 756 residents.[2]
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The Chapel
Huby Methodist Chapel, founded 1889, is on the corner of Strait Lane, Huby. The chapel contains a stained glass window memorial dedicated to 7 soldiers whom died during the First World War,[3] and a brass plaque memorial is dedicated to a further 6 soldiers from the Second World War.[4]
About the village
The first mention of a post office in the village was in 1888. A telegram delivered from the post office in 1940, and a photograph of the post office, appeared as illustrations in an article in a British philatelic magazine in 1989.[5]
Almscliffe Crag is a rocky outcrop of Warley Wise Grit sandstone a mile north-west of the village. The site is popular with climbers and boulderers.
Sport and society
- Tewit Youth Band, founded in 1978; a brass and percussion band for young players
- The Weeton Show, an annual summer event organised by the Weeton and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society, established in 1946.[6]
- Sports clubs:
- Bowls: Almscliffe Bowling Club
- Cricket: Weeton & Huby Cricket Club
- Tennis: Huby Tennis Club, founded in 1913
- Theatre: Weeton and Huby Players[7]
Outside links
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Huby (Harrogate) Built-up area (E34001551)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E34001551. Retrieved 14 October 2023
- ↑ "Huby Methodist Chapel WW1 Memorial Window". Imperial War Museum. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29834. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "Huby Methodist WW2 Memorial Plaque". Imperial War Museum. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29838. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ Forster, Ken. "Postmarks, Places, People: War-time memories". Stamp Magazine, September 1989.
- ↑ "The Weeton Show". Weeton Parish Council. http://www.weetonpc.org.uk/weeton-show/. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ↑ Weeton and Huby Players
- Gordon, Colin: 'A Richer Dust: Echoes from an Edwardian Album' (Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1978) ISBN 0-241-89934-6
- Coombs, Joan: 'The Area of Benefit: a History of Huby and Weeton and nearby villages' (booklet, 1977)
