Skipwith

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Skipwith
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St Helen's parish church
Skipwith is located in North Yorkshire
Skipwith
Skipwith
Location within North Yorkshire
Population266 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE6638
Civil parish
  • Skipwith
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSelby
Postcode districtYO8
Dialling code01757
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
WebsiteSkipwith
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°50′19″N 0°59′48″W / 53.8387°N 0.9966°W / 53.8387; -0.9966Coordinates: 53°50′19″N 0°59′48″W / 53.8387°N 0.9966°W / 53.8387; -0.9966

Skipwith is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Selby and 10 miles (16 km) south-east of York in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. Until the 1974 local government reorganisation Skipwith was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire.[2]

Manor[]

The Domesday Book records that by 1086 Robert de Stutville held a carucate of land at Skipwith.[3] His family held a manor here until 1229, when it passed to Hugh Wake by his marriage to Joan de Stutville.[3] In 1325 it passed to Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent by his marriage to Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.[3] It remained with his heirs until 1418,[3] a decade after their line became extinct with the death of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent in 1408.[3]

Churches[]

Church of England[]

The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Helen are Saxon. The west tower began as a porch, but in the 11th century upper stages were added to turn it into a tower.[4] The tower is linked with the nave by a characteristic Saxon plain Romanesque round arch,[4] so the nave must also have originally been Saxon.

A Norman north aisle of two bays was added to the nave in about 1190, linked with the nave by an arcade of pointed arches.[4] This was followed by the south aisle, whose arcade has octagonal columns.[4] The nave and aisles were then extended eastwards with the addition of a third bay.[4]

The present chancel was built about 1300.[5] It is lofty and has large, square-headed windows with Decorated Gothic tracery.[5] The chancel windows were glazed with medieval stained glass, fragments of which survive.[4]

In the 15th century the tower was raised again with the addition of a new bell-stage above the 11th-century Saxon one.[4] In the 16th century, possibly after the English Reformation, a clerestory was added to the nave and new square-headed windows were inserted in the north aisle.[4]

In 1821–22 the Gothic Revival south porch was added,[6] and in 1877 the church was carefully restored under the direction of John Loughborough Pearson.[4] Notably, the south door was replaced but re-using its original 13th-century ironwork.[4] St Helen's is now a Grade I listed building.[6]

St Helen's parish is now part of a joint benefice with the parish of Bubwith with Ellerton and Aughton.[7]

Wesleyan chapel of 1876, now the Methodist church

Methodist[]

Two families in Skipwith were Methodists by 1764.[3] The village's Methodists worshipped in each other's homes until 1833, when a Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built.[3] In the 1860s the Vicar of St Helen's claimed that 300 or 400 of the villagers were Methodists.[3] In 1876 the first chapel was replaced with a larger brick one next to the parish school.[3]

The chapel is now Skipwith Methodist Church.[3] It is a member of the Goole and Selby Methodist Circuit.[8]

Historic secular buildings[]

The Drovers Arms gastropub

Skipwith Hall is early in the 18th century house of seven bays and two and a half storeys,[4] flanked by a three-bay wing on each side.[9] It is now a Grade II* listed building.[10]

A school and schoolmaster's house built in 1714,[9] founded and endowed by the bequest of a Dorothy Wilson.[3][11] In the 1851 its pupils included 11 boarders, and in the 1860s a separate classroom for girls was added.[3] In 1871 the school had 54 pupils but in 1872 this fell to only 30.[3] From the 1900s to the 1930s the school averaged 30–40 pupils, but in 1938 this had declined to 26.[3] In 1957 the school was closed and its pupils were transferred to Thorganby.[3] Since 1959 the school has served as the village hall.[3]

0.5 miles (800 m) south-west of the village is the site of RAF Riccall, a training airfield that was a heavy bomber conversion unit in the Second World War. The site is now a national nature reserve known as Skipwith Common.[12]

Amenities[]

Skipwith has a public house, the Drovers Arms, which is now a gastropub.[13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Skipwith Parish (E04007767)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ "History of Skipwith, in Selby and East Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Allison 1976, pp. 89–101
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Pevsner 1972, p. 341
  5. ^ a b Pevsner 1972, p. 340
  6. ^ a b Historic England (17 December 1966). "Church of Saint Helen (1148467)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  7. ^ Archbishops' Council (2010). "St Helen, Skipwith". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Skipwith Methodist Church". Churches. Goole and Selby Circuit. 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  9. ^ a b Pevsner 1972, p. 342
  10. ^ Historic England (25 October 1951). "Skipwith Hall (1172750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  11. ^ Historic England (17 December 1966). "Village Hall and School House (1148468)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  12. ^ Harris, Richard (18 December 2009). "Former Skipwith Common RAF base is given reserve status". York Press. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Drovers Arms at Skipwith". Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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