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Aiskew

Coordinates:54°17′35″N1°34′54″W/ 54.29306°N 1.58167°W/54.29306; -1.58167
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Aiskew
Aiskew Methodist Church
Aiskew is located in North Yorkshire
Aiskew
Aiskew
Location withinNorth Yorkshire
Population2,427 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE271885
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBEDALE
Postcode districtDL8
Dialling code01677
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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54°17′35″N1°34′54″W/ 54.29306°N 1.58167°W/54.29306; -1.58167

Aiskewis a village in thecivil parishofAiskew and Leeming Bar,[2][3]inNorth Yorkshire,England.[4][5]The village is situated to the immediate north-east ofBedaleand separated from it byBedale Beck.

History

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Remains of a Roman villa were unearthed in 2015 north of Sand Hill. The building is thought to have been two storeys high with ahypocauston the ground floor. Animal remains were found extensively across the site. It is thought the site dated from the third to fourth century AD and would have been situated alongDere Street.[6]The site was covered as part of the construction of the Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar bypass, which opened on 11 August 2016 as part of the upgrade to theA1(M).[7]

The village was known asEchescolinDomesday Bookin theHundredofCount Alan of Brittany,the previous Lord having beenGospatric.The village had 7 ploughlands.[8]The Lordship of the Manor followed that of neighbouring Bedale.[9]The name is derived fromOld Norsewordseik(oak) andskógr(wood) and thus meansOak wood.[10]Robert Hird, Bedale poet and diarist, noted that in late 18th Century the village name was spelledAscough- he credits "Mr. Edward Strangeways, near Fencote" with the introduction of the modern spelling "by writing it Aiskew on his cartboard".[11]

In 2013Masons Ginestablished a distillery in the village.[12]

Governance

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The village lies within the Bedale ward and the Bedale Electoral Division ofNorth Yorkshire County Council.Aiskew Civil Parish includes the village ofLeeming Bar.[13]Until 2023, it was part of theRichmond (Yorks)parliamentary constituency. It was removed and added to the expandedThirsk and Malton Constituency,in part due to areas from that constituency being created into a new seat ofWetherby and Easingwold.[14][15][16]

Demography

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According to the 2001 UK Census, the population was 2,163 living in 863 dwellings.[17]The 2011 UK Census showed this had increased to 2,427 in 985 dwellings.[1]

Historical population of Aiskew
(Source: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth[18])
Year188118911901191119211931194119511961
Population831847833880821789n/a860881

Community

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Aiskew Mill
The Leech House

The village is in the Primary Education Catchment Area of Bedale Church of England Primary School, though it is also close to Aiskew, Leeming Bar Church of England Primary School, in Leeming Bar.[19]It is within the Secondary Education Catchment Area of Bedale High School.[20]

TheWensleydale Railway,a tourist and heritage line, includesBedalestation on the Aiskew side of Bedale Beck at the edge of the village.[21]The signal box opposite Park House is a Grade II listed building.[22]

In the village is the 18th-century Grade II listedAiskew Millwith all its original wooden machinery.[23]There is also an 18th-centuryLeech Housenext to the beck.[24]

Religion

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St Mary & St Joseph Church

St Mary and St Joseph's Church, Bedalelies in the village. It was built in 1878, designed by Mr George Goldie of London, after the original chapel became too small for the congregation.[9]

There had been both a Baptist church and Primitive Methodist Chapel in the village.[9]

The Methodist Church in Aiskew, which was part of the Ripon & Lower Dales Methodist Circuit, has closed and the congregation merged with the Bedale & District Methodist Church.[25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abUK Census(2011)."Local Area Report – Aiskew Parish (1170216794)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved3 March2018.
  2. ^"Aiskew and Leeming Bar".Mapit.Retrieved5 July2019.
  3. ^"Change of Name Request Aiskew Parish"(PDF).Hambleton District Council.Retrieved5 July2019.
  4. ^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn)(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013.ISBN9780319231593.
  5. ^"Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer"(csv (download)).www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016.Retrieved30 January2016.
  6. ^Historic England."Aiskew Roman Villa (1426407)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved11 December2016.
  7. ^"Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar bypass".North Yorkshire County Council.Retrieved11 December2016.
  8. ^Aiskewin theDomesday Book
  9. ^abcBulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890.S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 364.ISBN1-86150-299-0.
  10. ^Watts (ed.).Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names.Cambridge University Press (2011). p. 5.
  11. ^Hird, Robert (1975). Lewis, Lesley (ed.).Hird's Annals of Bedale.Northallerton: North Yorkshire County Record Office. p. 98.
  12. ^"Major blaze damages gin distillery".BBC News.2 April 2019.Retrieved8 April2019.
  13. ^"Election Maps Aiskew & Leeming Bar".www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.Retrieved1 April2023.Make sure that the Civil Parish and Westminster Constituencies are the only two options elected using the Boundary Function on the left of the screen
  14. ^"Boundary Commission for England - Revised Proposals for the Yorkshire and Humber Region"(PDF).boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.Retrieved30 June2024.
  15. ^Gleeson, Janet (9 July 2023)."'How stupid' protest over moving Bedale out of Richmond ".Darlington and Stockton Times.Retrieved30 June2024.
  16. ^Darley, Karen (15 September 2023)."New Conservative Association created to reflect boundary change".Gazette & Herald.Retrieved30 June2024.
  17. ^UK Census(2001)."Local Area Report – Aiskew Parish (36UC004)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved7 April2019.
  18. ^"Aiskew through Time: A Vision of Britain through Time".University of Portsmouth.Retrieved11 December2016.
  19. ^"Primary Education Catchment Area"(PDF).Retrieved11 December2016.
  20. ^"Secondary Education Area"(PDF).Retrieved11 December2016.
  21. ^"Wensleydale Railway".Retrieved11 December2016.
  22. ^Historic England."Aiskew Signal Box (1252652)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved11 December2016.
  23. ^Historic England."Aiskew Water Millx (1150910)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved11 December2016.
  24. ^Historic England."Aiskew Leech House (1150909)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved11 December2016.
  25. ^"Methodist Church Closure".Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2016.Retrieved11 December2016.
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