Milby
| Milby | |
| Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
 Milby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE402678 |
| Location: | 54°6’17"N, 1°23’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 184 (2011) |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO51 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Harrogate |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Skipton and Ripon |
Milby is a hamlet and civil parish in Yorkshire, situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge. The civil parish corresponds to the township, divided between the ancient parishes of Aldborough, in the West Riding, and Kirby Hill in the North Riding.[1] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[2].
History
The Roman road, Dere Street crossed the River Ure at Milby. Until the mid 19th century, the old wooden bridge remains could still be seen.[3]
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Mildebi in the Hallikeld hundred. The lands were the possession of the Crown both before and after the Norman invasion.[4]
The Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway, a branch line of the North Eastern railway, ran through the parish. The line ran from Pilmoor Junction on the East Coast Main Line near Easingwold to Knaresborough via Boroughbridge. Opened in 1847, it closed in 1964. The Old Station House is a Grade-II listed building.[3][5][6][7]
Geography
The nearest settlements are Boroughbridge just under a mile to the south; Langthorpe the same distance to the south west; and Kirby Hill a mile to the north-west.
The village lies on the north bank of the River Ure. In order to make the river navigable past the weir at Boroughbridge, a three-quarter mile cut was made from Milby, including a set of locks, to Langthorpe.[3]
The 2001 UK census recorded the population as 162.[8] The 2011 census gave the population as 184.[9]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Milby) |
- ↑ Information on Milby from GENUKI
- ↑ Vision of Britain website
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 734. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
- ↑ Milby in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Listed Building". http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-331278-station-house-milby-north-yorkshire. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Parish History". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64769. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Local History". http://www.boroughbridge.org.uk/downloads/NetBuild/Connections_to_the_Railway.pdf. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "2001 UK Census". http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=797914&c=milby&d=16&g=476033&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1357055516107&enc=1&domainId=15. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126566&c=YO51+9BL&d=16&e=62&g=6454530&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1438780750319&enc=1. Retrieved 6 August 2015.