Thixendale

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Thixendale
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Thixendale
Thixendale is located in North Yorkshire
Thixendale
Thixendale
Location within North Yorkshire
Population293 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE840611
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMALTON
Postcode districtYO17
Dialling code01377
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
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UK
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Yorkshire
54°02′20″N 0°42′50″W / 54.039°N 0.714°W / 54.039; -0.714Coordinates: 54°02′20″N 0°42′50″W / 54.039°N 0.714°W / 54.039; -0.714

Thixendale is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, it is located in the Yorkshire Wolds about 20 miles east of York.

The place-name 'Thixendale' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Sixtendale and Xistendale.[2] The name means 'Sigstein's dale or valley'. The name 'Sigstein' is also the source for the name of in Leicestershire.[3]

The population of the parish (which includes Wharram-le-Street) was 270 at the 2001 census,[4] rising to 293 at the 2011 census.[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of Thixendale to be 180, and that of Wharram to be 130.[5]

The only pub, the Cross Keys, is a regular winner of local CAMRA awards.

The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long distance footpath passes to the east end of the village.

The church of St Mary, Thixendale is one of a group of village buildings constructed to designs by George Edmund Street in 1868–70. It was designated in 1966 by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[6] It is on the Sykes Churches Trail devised by the East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group.[7]

For many years until the late 1990s, television signals were blocked by the surrounding hills until a small transmitter was built, providing the village with terrestrial television for the first time. The transmitter ceased operation in the early 2000s, with villagers now relying on satellite TV and, since 2017, fast broadband.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thixendale Parish (E04007639)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Thixendale :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 466. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  4. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Thixendale/Wharram Parish (36UF111)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 16. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of Saint Mary (1316014)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  7. ^ "The Village of Thixendale : St Mary's Church History". www.thixendale.org.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ Burn, Chris (10 May 2021). "Beauty of the area famous for the 'village with no TV'". The Yorkshire Post. p. 18. ISSN 0963-1496.

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