Hessay
Hessay | |
Poppleton Lakes, east of Hessay |
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Hessay |
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Population | 265 (2011) |
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OS grid reference | SE523533 |
Civil parish | Hessay |
Unitary authority | City of York |
Ceremonial county | North Yorkshire |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | YORK |
Postcode district | YO26 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament | York Outer |
Coordinates: 53°58′25″N 1°12′11″W / 53.97370°N 1.20292°W
Hessay is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England 4.7 miles (7.5 km) west of York.[1]
History
Hessay is described in the Domesday Book at Hesdesai, the lake where the hazels grew.[2]
Hessay used to have a railway station on the Harrogate Line. The station closed to passengers in 1958,[3] but the Ministry of Defence sidings at Hessay were open until 1991 with closure of the unit effected by March 1996.[4]
According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 181,[5] increasing to 265 at the 2011 Census.[6] Before 1996 it had been part of the Harrogate district. Recent developments have increased the population to a larger figure though the actual figure is not known. There are approximately sixty houses in Hessay and about 15 have been built in the last 4 years.[7]
Churches
Although the village has no pub, no post office and no shop, it has two fine churches - St. John the Baptist Anglican church[8] and the Methodist church.[9] The village was given to the St Mary's Abbey, York by Osbern de Archis and continued in their possession until The Dissolution.[10]
Centre of Yorkshire
In February 2012 the parish of Hessay was deduced to be at the geographical centre of Yorkshire by Ordnance Survey.[11] However, four years earlier, the honour was bestowed upon Cattal further west, with the ash tree at Barkston Ash also being pointed out as being the centre of Yorkshire.[12]
References
- ↑ "105" (Map). York & Selby (C ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 1998. ISBN 0-319-22407-4.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 237. OCLC 400936.
- ↑ Young, Alan. "Hessay". Disused Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Army Storage Facilities". Hansard. UK Parliament. 19 January 1995. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics - Area: Hessay (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ↑ Oake, Sebastian (28 February 2012). "A place in the heart... the village people at the very centre of all things Yorkshire". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "St. John the Baptist's Church, Hessay". Genuki. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Methodist Church, Hessay". Genuki. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "the Parish of Moor Monkton:". Genuki. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Where is the Geographic Centre of Yorkshire?". Yorkshire Ridings. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ Catton, Richard (12 May 2012). "Hessay said to be exact centre of Yorkshire". The York Press. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
External links
Media related to Hessay at Wikimedia Commons
- Hessay Parish Council
- Feature on Hessay at Yorkshire Post, March 2012