Ryecroft, Yorkshire
| Ryecroft | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Ryecroft hamlet | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE076381 |
| Location: | 53°50’22"N, 1°53’7"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bingley |
| Postcode: | BD16 |
| Dialling code: | 01535 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bradford |
Ryecroft is a hamlet near to the village of Harden in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The hamlet is on the road between Harden and Haworth, two miles south of Keighley, two miles west of Bingley and under mile west of the centre of Harden.
History
The name of the hamlet literally derives from Rye and Croft, a field where malting took place.[1] The last building on the road through the village was marked on a 1908 Ordnance Survey map as being a malthouse.[2]
The hamlet does not appear in the Domesday Book, but was believed to have been settled around the 14th century when lands in and around Ryecroft were given to the monks of Rievaulx Abbey.[3]
Although there is documentary evidence that the settlement had buildings in the 14th century, the oldest surviving buildings in the hamlet are from the 17th century. Ryecroft was traditionally referred to as being part of Harden, or the Harden Grange itself, as opposed to its own entity.[4]
One of the earliest Primitive Methodist chapels in the area was built here in the early 18th century.[5][6] In November 1853, a Primitive Methodist chapel was opened up on the main road, just to the south of the settlement. The chapel was built on land given to the Methodist community by William Ferrand.[7] The chapel on the main road had its own burial ground, but services ceased in 1945 and the chapel later became a private dwelling.[5] The original chapel in the hamlet was used occasionally as a school room.[8]
The hamlet is not connected to a mains water supply, and in 2006, the natural water spring used by the residents dried up. It had been in use since the 1700s.[9] The residents formed a company and added a supplementary borehole to their water supply.[10][11]
References
- ↑ Armitage, Goodall (1914). Place-names of South-west Yorkshire : that is so much of the West Riding as lies south of the Aire from Keighley onwards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 112, 246. OCLC 504339898.
- ↑ RCAA 2005, p. 8.
- ↑ Ward, Sue (14 May 2008). "On the fairway to heavenly barn" (in en). Bradford Telegraph and Argus. https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2270563.on-the-fairway-to-heavenly-barn/.
- ↑ RCAA 2005, p. 10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 RCAA 2005, p. 11.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1300842: Ryecroft farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Simpson, John (January 1854). Ryecroft Primitive Methodist chapel. London: Primitive Methodist. 50. OCLC 1088367043.
- ↑ Wolfe, John, ed (2005). Yorkshire returns of the 1851 census of religious worship. York: University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. p. 89. ISBN 1-904497-10-1.
- ↑ "Village left with no water for first time in 300 years" (in en). The Yorkshire Post. 11 August 2006. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/village-left-with-no-water-for-first-time-in-300-years-1-2382509.
- ↑ Webber, Dan (11 August 2006). "Borehole answer for drought-hit hamlet?" (in en). Bradford Telegraph and Argus. https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/875831.borehole-answer-for-drought-hit-hamlet/.
- ↑ "Ryecroft Water Limited - Company Profile - Endole". https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/06361093-ryecroft-water-limited.