Yafforth
| Yafforth | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Yafforth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE342945 |
| Location: | 54°20’42"N, 1°28’23"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 174 (2011) |
| Post town: | Northallerton |
| Postcode: | DL7 |
| Dialling code: | 01609 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Richmond (Yorks) |
Yafforth is a tiny village in the North Riding of Yorkshire about a mile west of Northallerton, on the B6271 road between Northallerton and Scorton. The parish had a population of 174 in the 2011 census.
The River Wiske passes to the east of the village. Romanby Golf Course is situated between Yafforth and the village of Romanby.
History
It is thought that the name Yafforth is derived from the Old English Ea ford, meaning 'river ford'.[1]
Yafforth appears in the Domesday Book as a berewick in the royal manor of Northallerton.[2]
To the north of the village is a notable mound called Howe Hill, It is a Norman motte probably built during the reign of King Stephen. Today it still stands 15 feet high and retains some of its ditch and the counter scarp bank. Its position suggests that it was built to defend the River Wiske. Records suggest that it was disused by 1198.[2]
Yafforth was historically a manor in the ancient parish of Danby Wiske. Yafforth All Saints' Church was built in 1208 and extensively rebuilt in 1870. It was a chapel of ease to Danby Wiske.[2] Yafforth also had a Methodist chapel which closed in 1966.
A school opened here in 1868 and closed in 1952, the school building still stands in the middle of the village.
Yafforth once had two shops, three brickyards, and a pub. The pub was named after a horse named Reveller, winner of the 1818 St Leger Stakes classic at Doncaster. The pub closed in the late 1990s and is now a residential property. The only reminder of its name is the Reveller Mews across the road.
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 542 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A History of the County of York: North Riding - Volume 1 pp 172-176: Parishes: Danby Wiske (Victoria County History)
