Barkston Ash
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Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly known as Barkston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1][2] In 2011 the parish had a population of 370.
History
The village dates back to at least 1090, when it was spelled Barcestone.[2] The village previously gave its name to the former wapentake of Barkston Ash.[3] The Ash part of the name comes from a large ash tree said to be at the approximate centre of the ancient county of Yorkshire, where meetings for the wapentake would be held.[1][4] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
What is now the A162 London Road was a turnpike constructed in 1769: the Main Street and the major part of the village goes East from the junction with this.[4]
On 14 October 1976 the parish was renamed from "Barkston" to "Barkston Ash".[5]
Barkston Ash was also the name of the local parliamentary constituency of Barkston Ash until 1983, when its boundaries were redrawn to divide the area into Elmet and Selby.[2]
Features
The village contains a small Church of England church, Holy Trinity originally a chapel of ease constructed in 1880, but given its current name and status in 1974.[4] There are two pubs, the Ash Tree (on the site of a former coaching inn) and the Boot and Shoe, a village hall and a primary school (dating from 1856).[6] There were formerly two shops and a post office on Main Street, now private residences.[2]
There are three 17th to 19th century stone Grade II listed building houses near the junction of Main Street and Church Street: Laurel Farm,[7] Barkston House,[8] and Turpin Hall Farm.[9]
See also
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Ash Tree pub
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Boot and Shoe pub
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Former post office
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Holy Trinity Church
References
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External links
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- Barston Ash village websiteTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- The Ancient Parish of Sherburn in Elmet at GENUKI: Barkston Ash was in this parish
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