Skipwith | |
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![]() St Helen's parish church | |
Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 266 ( 2011 Census) [1] |
OS grid reference | SE6638 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Selby |
Postcode district | YO8 |
Dialling code | 01757 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Skipwith |
Skipwith is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Selby and 10 miles (16 km) south-east of York in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [2] After the 1974 local government reorganisation Skipwith was in the Selby District of the shire county of North Yorkshire. In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a unitary authority.
The Domesday Book records that by 1086 Robert de Stutville held a carucate of land at Skipwith. [3] His family held a manor here until 1229, when it passed to Hugh Wake by his marriage to Joan de Stutville. [3] In 1325 it passed to Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent by his marriage to Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell. [3] It remained with his heirs until 1418, [3] a decade after their line became extinct with the death of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent in 1408. [3]
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Helen are Saxon. The west tower began as a porch, but in the 11th century upper stages were added to turn it into a tower. [4] The tower is linked with the nave by a characteristic Saxon plain Romanesque round arch, [4] so the nave must also have originally been Saxon.
A Norman north aisle of two bays was added to the nave in about 1190, linked with the nave by an arcade of pointed arches. [4] This was followed by the south aisle, whose arcade has octagonal columns. [4] The nave and aisles were then extended eastwards with the addition of a third bay. [4]
The present chancel was built about 1300. [5] It is lofty and has large, square-headed windows with Decorated Gothic tracery. [5] The chancel windows were glazed with medieval stained glass, fragments of which survive. [4]
In the 15th century the tower was raised again with the addition of a new bell-stage above the 11th-century Saxon one. [4] In the 16th century, possibly after the English Reformation, a clerestory was added to the nave and new square-headed windows were inserted in the north aisle. [4]
In 1821–22 the Gothic Revival south porch was added, [6] and in 1877 the church was carefully restored under the direction of John Loughborough Pearson. [4] Notably, the south door was replaced but re-using its original 13th-century ironwork. [4] St Helen's is now a Grade I listed building. [6]
St Helen's parish is now part of a joint benefice with the parish of Bubwith with Ellerton and Aughton. [7]
Two families in Skipwith were Methodists by 1764. [3] The village's Methodists worshipped in each other's homes until 1833, when a Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built. [3] In the 1860s the Vicar of St Helen's claimed that 300 or 400 of the villagers were Methodists. [3] In 1876 the first chapel was replaced with a larger brick one next to the parish school. [3]
The chapel is now Skipwith Methodist Church. [3] It is a member of the Goole and Selby Methodist Circuit. [8]
Skipwith Hall is early in the 18th century house of seven bays and two and a half storeys, [4] flanked by a three-bay wing on each side. [9] It is now a Grade II* listed building. [10]
A school and schoolmaster's house built in 1714, [9] founded and endowed by the bequest of a Dorothy Wilson. [3] [11] In the 1851 its pupils included 11 boarders, and in the 1860s a separate classroom for girls was added. [3] In 1871 the school had 54 pupils but in 1872 this fell to only 30. [3] From the 1900s to the 1930s the school averaged 30–40 pupils, but in 1938 this had declined to 26. [3] In 1957 the school was closed and its pupils were transferred to Thorganby. [3] Since 1959 the school has served as the village hall. [3]
0.5 miles (800 m) south-west of the village is the site of RAF Riccall, a training airfield that was a heavy bomber conversion unit in the Second World War. The site is now a national nature reserve known as Skipwith Common. [12]
Skipwith has a public house, the Drovers Arms, which is now a gastropub. [13]
Skipwith | |
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![]() St Helen's parish church | |
Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 266 ( 2011 Census) [1] |
OS grid reference | SE6638 |
Civil parish |
|
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Selby |
Postcode district | YO8 |
Dialling code | 01757 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Skipwith |
Skipwith is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Selby and 10 miles (16 km) south-east of York in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [2] After the 1974 local government reorganisation Skipwith was in the Selby District of the shire county of North Yorkshire. In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a unitary authority.
The Domesday Book records that by 1086 Robert de Stutville held a carucate of land at Skipwith. [3] His family held a manor here until 1229, when it passed to Hugh Wake by his marriage to Joan de Stutville. [3] In 1325 it passed to Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent by his marriage to Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell. [3] It remained with his heirs until 1418, [3] a decade after their line became extinct with the death of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent in 1408. [3]
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Helen are Saxon. The west tower began as a porch, but in the 11th century upper stages were added to turn it into a tower. [4] The tower is linked with the nave by a characteristic Saxon plain Romanesque round arch, [4] so the nave must also have originally been Saxon.
A Norman north aisle of two bays was added to the nave in about 1190, linked with the nave by an arcade of pointed arches. [4] This was followed by the south aisle, whose arcade has octagonal columns. [4] The nave and aisles were then extended eastwards with the addition of a third bay. [4]
The present chancel was built about 1300. [5] It is lofty and has large, square-headed windows with Decorated Gothic tracery. [5] The chancel windows were glazed with medieval stained glass, fragments of which survive. [4]
In the 15th century the tower was raised again with the addition of a new bell-stage above the 11th-century Saxon one. [4] In the 16th century, possibly after the English Reformation, a clerestory was added to the nave and new square-headed windows were inserted in the north aisle. [4]
In 1821–22 the Gothic Revival south porch was added, [6] and in 1877 the church was carefully restored under the direction of John Loughborough Pearson. [4] Notably, the south door was replaced but re-using its original 13th-century ironwork. [4] St Helen's is now a Grade I listed building. [6]
St Helen's parish is now part of a joint benefice with the parish of Bubwith with Ellerton and Aughton. [7]
Two families in Skipwith were Methodists by 1764. [3] The village's Methodists worshipped in each other's homes until 1833, when a Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built. [3] In the 1860s the Vicar of St Helen's claimed that 300 or 400 of the villagers were Methodists. [3] In 1876 the first chapel was replaced with a larger brick one next to the parish school. [3]
The chapel is now Skipwith Methodist Church. [3] It is a member of the Goole and Selby Methodist Circuit. [8]
Skipwith Hall is early in the 18th century house of seven bays and two and a half storeys, [4] flanked by a three-bay wing on each side. [9] It is now a Grade II* listed building. [10]
A school and schoolmaster's house built in 1714, [9] founded and endowed by the bequest of a Dorothy Wilson. [3] [11] In the 1851 its pupils included 11 boarders, and in the 1860s a separate classroom for girls was added. [3] In 1871 the school had 54 pupils but in 1872 this fell to only 30. [3] From the 1900s to the 1930s the school averaged 30–40 pupils, but in 1938 this had declined to 26. [3] In 1957 the school was closed and its pupils were transferred to Thorganby. [3] Since 1959 the school has served as the village hall. [3]
0.5 miles (800 m) south-west of the village is the site of RAF Riccall, a training airfield that was a heavy bomber conversion unit in the Second World War. The site is now a national nature reserve known as Skipwith Common. [12]
Skipwith has a public house, the Drovers Arms, which is now a gastropub. [13]