Hudswell, Yorkshire
| Hudswell | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Hudswell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ144002 |
| Location: | 54°23’51"N, 1°46’43"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 353 (2011, with Downholme, Easby and Stainton) |
| Post town: | Richmond |
| Postcode: | DL11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Richmond (Yorks) |
Hudswell is a village inn Swaledale, just upstream of Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is on the south bank of the River Swale, strung thinily along the A6108 road, and has been described as a 'roadside village',[1]
The population of the wider civil parish at the 2011 Census was 353.
The village is two miles west of Richmond, its nearest town, and three miles north-west of Catterick Garrison. Its one public house, the George & Dragon, closed in 2008 and re-opened in 2010 as a "community-owned" public house. The premises now also house a small shop and a library.
History
The name Hudswell probably means Hudel's spring from the Old English name of Hudel and the Old English word of Wella meaning spring or stream.[2]
Hudswell appears in the Domesday Book of 1086: the land was valued at £0.8 in 1066 and taxed at 6 Geld units (quite a large tax compared to other Domesday settlements). In 1086, the Tenant-in-chief was Count Alan of Brittany, forming part of the Liberty of Richmondshire.[3]
In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hudswell:
"Hudswell, a township and chapelry in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 2½ miles WSW of Richmond r. station. It includes the hamlet of Thorpe-under-Stone; and its post town is Richmond, Yorkshire. Acres, 2, 831. Real property, £2, 400. Pop., 249. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. Coal and lead ore are worked. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £90.* Patron, the Vicar of Catterick. The church is good; and there are a national school with £18 from endowment, and charities with £22."[4]
Parish church
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, standing to the west of the village, was built in 1883, and serves Hudswell and the outlying farms. It is the sister church of St Mary's, Richmond. It also serves as a venue for various community events.[5]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Sharp, Thomas (1946). The Anatomy of the Village. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books. p. 7.
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Hudswell, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Wilson, John (1870–1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. A. Fullarton and Co.. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=13028. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ "St Michael and All Angels, Hudswell". Richmond & Hudswell parish. http://www.richmondhudswellparish.org.uk/stmichael.html. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
