Barkston_Ash
Barkston Ash
Village and civil parish near Selby, North Yorkshire, England
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.[2][3]
| Barkston Ash | |
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Boundary stone on junction of Main Street with the A162 road | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 370 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE491361 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TADCASTER |
| Postcode district | LS24 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| 53°49′07″N 1°15′19″W | |
The village dates back to at least 1090, when it was spelled Barcestone.[3] It was part of the Selby District from 1974 until 2023, the village previously gave its name to the former wapentake of Barkston Ash.[4] 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.[2][5]
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.[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.[3]
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.[5] 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.[3]
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]
- Ash Tree pub
- Boot and Shoe pub
- Former post office
- Holy Trinity Church
- UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barkston Ash Parish (1170217377)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- Lewis, Samuel. "Barkston". ukga.org. UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, published in 1848.
- "About Barkston Ash". barkstonash.co.uk. Barkston Ash Parish Council. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- Langdale, Thomas (1822). A topographical dictionary of Yorkshire; containing the names of all the towns, villages, hamlets, gentlemen's seats, &c. in the county of York. Northallerton: Langdale J. p. 149. OCLC 5211910.
- North Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (1991). North Yorkshire Village Book. Countryside Books. p. 26. ISBN 978-1853061370.
- "Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School". barkstonash.n-yorks.sch.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- Historic England. "Laurel Farm (1148434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- Historic England. "Barkston House (1316334)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- Historic England. "Turpin Hall Farm (1148433)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- Barston Ash village website
- The Ancient Parish of Sherburn in Elmet at GENUKI: Barkston Ash was in this parish
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