Hessay

Hessay

Poppleton Lakes, east of Hessay
Hessay
 Hessay shown within North Yorkshire
Population 265 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE523533
Civil parishHessay
Unitary authorityCity of York
Ceremonial countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO26
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentYork Outer
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Coordinates: 53°58′25″N 1°12′11″W / 53.97370°N 1.20292°W / 53.97370; -1.20292

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

  1. ↑ "105" (Map). York & Selby (C ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 1998. ISBN 0-319-22407-4.
  2. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 237. OCLC 400936.
  3. ↑ Young, Alan. "Hessay". Disused Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Army Storage Facilities". Hansard. UK Parliament. 19 January 1995. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics - Area: Hessay (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "St. John the Baptist's Church, Hessay". Genuki. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Methodist Church, Hessay". Genuki. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "the Parish of Moor Monkton:". Genuki. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Where is the Geographic Centre of Yorkshire?". Yorkshire Ridings. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Catton, Richard (12 May 2012). "Hessay said to be exact centre of Yorkshire". The York Press. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

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