Weaverthorpe

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Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

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::summary Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England ::

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countryEngland
static_imageOver Looking Weaverthorpe Zoom June 2009 (Nigel Coates).jpg
static_image_width240px
static_image_captionLooking north over Weaverthorpe
coordinates
official_nameWeaverthorpe
population349
population_ref(2011 census)
unitary_englandNorth Yorkshire
lieutenancy_englandNorth Yorkshire
regionYorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminsterThirsk and Malton
post_townMALTON
postcode_districtYO17
postcode_areaYO
os_grid_referenceSE965708
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| country = England | static_image = Over Looking Weaverthorpe Zoom June 2009 (Nigel Coates).jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = Looking north over Weaverthorpe | coordinates = | official_name = Weaverthorpe | population = 349 | population_ref = (2011 census) | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | post_town = MALTON | postcode_district = YO17 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE965708 Weaverthorpe is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is 21 km south-west of Scarborough.

History

Bronze Age settlements have been found at nearby Cowlam, which is 4.5 km to the south. It was one of the leading burial sites in Yorkshire where the dead were interred in their chariots.

There was a vill on the site in the period of Viking/Norse settlement when it was known as Wifertorp (11th century). The village's name is linked to a certain Vidhfari, anglicised in Wivar. In the Domesday Book there is a mention of Wiveretorp where it was classed as very small and had depreciated in value from 1066 to 1086. Same male's name as in Wiverton (Nottingham) and in the Vierville (Wiarevilla 1158), Virville (Wivarevilla v. 1210) and Viertot of Normandy which appears to come from Old Scandinavian; which means that Weaverthorpe translates as the farm or settlement of the male name Vidhfari or Wivar.

After the Norman conquest, it was held by the Archbishop of York under Michael FitzHerbert. In the 12th century the church of St Andrew was granted to Nostell Priory until 1268. Lucy, daughter of Piers FitzHerbert, married Sir William de Ros of Helmsley-in-Holderness [alias Hamlake] (died ) who acquired the manor of 'Wyverthorp'. In about 1271 the manor was acquired by William de Brewes, Baron Braose of Gower, on his marriage with Mary de Ros.

From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Weaverthorpe was part of the Wapentake of Buckrose. Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1894 it was in the Driffield Rural District, then moving to the Norton Rural District in 1935. In 1974 it became part of the county of North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

During the Second World War, MI6 secretly installed a new type of direction finding station in a field just south of the village, it consisted of an underground metal tank with an aerial protruding above rotated by the operator inside the tank. The station was used to find the locations of German secret service radio stations and their spies in Europe.

Church of St Andrew

Main article: Church of St Andrew, Weaverthorpe

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The tower is reputed to be a mix of late Saxon and Norman in construction. The chancel is separated from the nave by a Norman arch. The font is probably Norman. Above the south door of the nave is a sun-dial, with a part-illegible fragment of an inscription in Saxon characters, claimed as reading: " In honore Sancti andre - Herbert W.... Hoc Monasterium ". It has been claimed as a memorial to Herbert de Winchester (died 1120/1130) who built the church. Herbert of Winchester was chamberlain to King Henry I. His son William FitzHerbert was granted by King John, the lands of "Launsborough, Collerthorpe, Wyderthorpe, Holperthorpe and the two Lottum". The unexplained reference to "ecclesiam de Clera[m]" in the charter of King Stephen relating to "Wiverthorpe", might refer to a chapel attached to a local manor house.

A Victorian benefactor of Weaverthorpe's St Andrew's church was local landowner Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet. He paid for 18 rural churches to be built, repaired or rebuilt in the East and North Yorkshire areas, but mainly in the Wolds. St Andrew's church was restored by G E Street with "lavish furnishings and decorated roofs". The Yorkshire Post described the church as boasting some impressive stained glass windows. The church was listed as Grade I in October 1966.

Population

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18011811182118311841185118611871188118911901191119211931195119611971198119912001201120152021
Population182276334403547640601666643540430380341343376298274260293347349350‡
Households31517278102126132137129134100939896107949091103124150N/A
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‡ Estimated.

Geography

The village sits in the Great Wold Valley and the waters of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race flow alongside the main street in the village. The waters of the Gypsey Race have carved a small valley out of the surrounding chalk. This has left small plateaus like the one that the Church of St Andrew is perched on as it overlooks the village.

The village is served by unclassified roads and lies 5 km south of the A64 road at Sherburn.

There was a railway station on the York to Scarborough Line at Sherburn which was called Weaverthorpe. It had been renamed from Sherburn to Wykeham and then renamed again to Weaverthorpe. This was to avoid confusion over place names (as there was a Wykeham station on the Forge Valley Line between Pickering and Seamer).

Media

Television signals in the village are received from the local relay transmitter which is transmitted via the Belmont transmitter with signals cannot be received from either the Emley Moor and Bilsdale transmitters.

Local radio stations are BBC Radio York on 103.7 FM, Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire on 104.7 FM, and Coast & County Radio on 97.4 FM.

The village is served the local newspaper, Gazette and Herald.

References

Bibliography

Gazetteers e.g.: "Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892)"

References

  1. "Weaverthorpe Parish".
  2. (2016). "Scarborough & Bridlington". Ordnance Survey.
  3. (1970). "Prehistory: an introduction". Palgrave MacMillan.
  4. "Weaverthorpe, Domesday Book".
  5. (1960). "The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names". Oxford University Press.
  6. (1970). "The place-names of the East Riding of Yorkshire and York". University Press.
  7. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham Published 2005, Genealogical Publishing Com; p. 136
  8. "Weaverthorpe AP/CP". University of Portsmouth.
  9. "Ryedale". Office for National Statistics.
  10. (20 July 2015). "MI6 in Weaverthorpe".
  11. (27 April 2013). "On the trail of Sir Tatton Sykes' churches". York Press.
  12. (5 May 2013). "Crumbling churches find guardian angel". The Yorkshire Post.
  13. {{National Heritage List for England
  14. (2008). "The Victoria History of the counties of England, a history of the County of York: East Riding Volume VIII East Buckrose, Sledmere, and the Northern Wolds". Boydell & Brewer.
  15. (December 2016). "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes".
  16. "Weaverthorpe Parish".
  17. (June 2025). "National Census 2021 Dashboard for the Parish of Weaverthorpe: St Andrew in the deanery of SOUTHERN RYEDALE".
  18. "Weaverthorpe - The Villages of the Yorkshire Wolds - Driffield YO25".
  19. (1906). "The water supply, from underground sources, of the East Riding of Yorkshire, together with the neighbouring portions of the Vales of York and Pickering: with records of sinkings and borings.". HMSO.
  20. (1932). "The east Riding of Yorkshire". Methuen & Co.
  21. (2008). "York to Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale". Bellcode Books.
  22. "Sherburn Parish Plan 2009".
  23. (1 May 2004). "Freeview Light on the Weaverthorpe (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter".
  24. (2024). "Ryedale & North Yorkshire news and information from the Gazette & Herald newspaper". gazetteherald.co.uk.

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