Downholme
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Downholme is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately Script error: No such module "convert". west from the market town of Richmond and Script error: No such module "convert". west from the county town of Northallerton. The village lies close to the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The population as taken in the ONS Census of 2011 was less than 100, so details are included in the parish of Hudswell. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the village to be 50.[1]
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Dune" with the manor belonging to Count Alan of Brittany. The lordship of the manor was granted by the Count to Gospatric, son of Arnketil around the time of the Norman Conquest. There were two ploughlands with a taxable value of 3 geld units.[2] The manor came into the possession of Thomas de Richeburg before passing to the Leyburn family around 1184. Over the following years they granted the manor piecemeal to the abbey of St Agatha at Easby. The abbey then granted the manor lands to the Cleasby family by the middle of the 13th century. Around 1314, the Cleasby's passed the manor on to the Scrope family of Castle Bolton.[3][4]
The etymology of the name is derived from the Old English word dūn meaning hill. As can be seen from the Domesday Book entry, the suffix of -holme, Old English holegn for holly, was added a later date.[5][6]
Geography and governance
The village lies on the A6108 road between Leyburn and Richmond on a section called Walburn Head. The nearest settlements of Marske, Hudswell, Stainton and Marrick all lie within Script error: No such module "convert". of the village. Church Gill, which has a small waterfall, runs north through the village to join the nearby River Swale, whilst other small waterways to the east of the village drain away to Risedale Beck. The village gives its name to the Moor between it and nearby Hudswell Moor. The high point is Seat How at Script error: No such module "convert". to the south-east of the village. There are visible signs of old quarries and coal and lead mining shafts on the hillsides surrounding the village. There is also evidence of a Bronze Age univallate hill fort on How Hill to the immediate west of the village.[7] The geology of the area is made of Yoredale rock, Limestone, Shale and Millstone Grit covered by Clay.[3][8]
The village lies within the Richmond and Northallerton UK Parliament constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
In 2012, the neighbouring Hudswell Parish Council put forward a proposal to merge the two parishes.[9]
Demography
| Population[10] | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | ||
| Total | 193 | 325 | 204 | 174 | 192 | 202 | 112 | 732 | 93 | 66 | 76 | 74 | 77 | 65 | ||
For the 2001 and 2011 UK Censuses, the Parishes of Hudswell and Downholme were combined.[11]
Community
The village of Downholme has its own public house, the Bolton Arms, which first featured in the UK Good Pub Guide 2011 and in the current online edition.[12] St Michael and All Angels' Church, Downholme, to the north of the village, is within the ecclesiastical parish of Downholme and Maske, in the Diocese of Leeds.[13][14] Of Norman construction with a substantial restoration in 1886, it is a Grade II listed building.[4][15]
See also
References
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