Bishop Monkton

Bishop Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles south of Ripon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 775, increasing slightly to 778 at the 2011 Census.[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 760.[2]

Bishop Monkton
Bishop Monkton Beck
Bishop Monkton is located in North Yorkshire
Bishop Monkton
Bishop Monkton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population778 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE329661
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtHG3
Dialling code01765
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Main features of the village include a beck which runs through the centre of the village, two churches (St John the Baptist [C of E] and a Methodist church), a newly built village hall and playing fields, a primary school, two pubs and two caravan sites.

It is within easy reach of Ripon and Harrogate (via the A61). Leeds and York are both less than an hour's drive.

Littlethorpe and Burton Leonard are the nearest villages.

History

The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as belonging to the then Archbishop of York.[3] The name Monucheton predates the survey (listed in 1030) as the Town of the monks.[4] It is thought that 13th century, the archbishop resided in a manor house in the village, which has since been destroyed.[5] Between 1848 and 1967, there was a railway station at Wormald Green to the south-west.[6][7] The nearest station now is at Knaresborough, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south.[8]

Twentieth-century developments include a council estate built in the 1960s, and two more housing estates built at the south-eastern tip of the village.[5] In 1986 a rural area to the east of the village, Bishop Monkton Ings, was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by Natural England.[9] To the west of the village lies Bishop Monkton Railway Cutting Nature Reserve, which is managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.[10]

The village has a church, St John the Baptist, a grade II listed structure that was built in 1878.[11][12] The nearby primary school is also located on St John's Road and has been rated Good by Ofsted in 2006, 2009 and 2013.[13]

Bishop Monkton Beck runs eastwards through the middle of the village on its way to the River Ure.[14]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches to the north, south and east of the parish with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,842.[15]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bishop Monkton Parish (E04007314)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. "[Bishop] Monkton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. BMCACA 2008, p. 3.
  6. Bairstow, Martin (1986). Railways around Harrogate. Halifax: M. Bairstow. p. 72. ISBN 0-9510302-3-X.
  7. "Bishop Monkton West Riding". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Ripon:, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. Newton, Joanne (1 October 1986). "Designated sites view, details: Bishop Monkton Ings SSSI". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Natural England. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  10. "Bishop Monkton | YWT". www.ywt.org.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. "Bishop Monkton: St John the Baptist". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  12. Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II) (1315650)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. "Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School URN: 121551". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. BMCACA 2008, p. 5.
  15. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bishop Monkton Ward (E05006239)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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