Helperthorpe

Helperthorpe is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes through it.[1]

Helperthorpe
Looking north-east from the grounds of St Peter's Church
Helperthorpe is located in North Yorkshire
Helperthorpe
Helperthorpe
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE953703
Civil parish
  • Luttons
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMALTON
Postcode districtYO17
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The village is 10 miles (16 km) north west of Driffield and 10 miles (16 km) east of Malton.[2]

As the village is quite small in population, it is included as part of the Luttons Parish along with East and West Lutton. The population of The Luttons at the 2011 census was 411, with an estimated population of 430 in 2015.[3][4]

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it had five households and a church.[5] It is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.[6]

Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire and from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district.


Parish church
  • St Peter's Church
    St Peter's Church
  • Interior of St Peter's Church
    Interior of St Peter's Church

The parish church of St Peter was until the late 19th century a medieval building. In 1871–73 it was rebuilt by Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere.[7] The architect for the new building was G. E. Street who included a spire based on the English Gothic of c. 1300. There are three richly decorated roofs over the nave, chancel and ground floor of the tower (the latter being used as the baptistery). A full set of stained glass windows was supplied by Clayton & Bell but this was replaced less than 20 years later. The irreparably damaged font was buried in the floor below a new one.[8]

Footnotes
  1. "Genuki: HELPERTHORPE: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "Genuki Gazetteer - Nearby Places". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Luttons Parish (E04007603)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. p. 15. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. "Helperthorpe | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. "First World War 'Thankful Village' relatives sought". Gazette & Herald. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. "St Peters - A Church Near You". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. Goodall, John (2015). Parish Church Treasures. London: Bloomsbury; p. 238

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