Kirkby Wharfe

Kirkby Wharfe is a village[2] 1.9 miles (3 km) south of Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, England.[3] The village is in the civil parish of Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford[4] and within Selby District Council.[5]

Kirkby Wharfe
St John the Baptist, Kirkby Wharfe
Kirkby Wharfe is located in North Yorkshire
Kirkby Wharfe
Kirkby Wharfe
Location within North Yorkshire
Population173 2011 Census[1]
OS grid referenceSE506409
Civil parish
  • Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTADCASTER
Postcode districtLS24
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

The area around Kirkby Wharfe was settled in Roman times, with a permanent settlement being started in the 8th century. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as being Chirchebi (church village), and both the village and Grimston Park came under the influence of the Baron of Pontefract at the time of Domesday.[6]

The village is only 0.62 miles (1 km) away from Ulleskelf which has a railway station on the York to Pontefract Line.[7] The nearest public bus service runs from Ulleskelf with 5 buses a day between Tadcaster and Pontefract.[8]

A small area east of the village is a designated SSSI. First notified in 1984, the SSSI details that the floodplain of the River Wharfe is an important site for marshland and the associated plants that grow on marshland around Dorts Dike (a tributary of the Wharfe that enters the river at Ulleskelf).[9]

The church, built in the 12th and 14th centuries serves as the parish church for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkby Wharfe and Ulleskelfe[sic]. The former St Saviours at Ulleskelf village is now the Village Hall.

West of the village is Grimston Park Estate which was the former seat of Lord Londesborough from 1851 to 1872 when it was acquired by the Fielden family.

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford Parish (E04007751)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. "Kirkby Wharfe". Genuki. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. "105" (Map). York & Selby (C ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 1998. ISBN 0-319-22407-4.
  4. "Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford". Mapit MySociety. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. "Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford". Selby District Council. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. Speight, Harry (1902). Lower Wharfedale. Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valley of the Wharfe, from Cawood to Arthington. London: E Stock. p. 179. OCLC 7225986.
  7. "Kirkby Wharfe". British History Online. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  8. "Timetable 492-493-494" (PDF). North Yorks Travel. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  9. "Site Name: Kirkby Wharfe" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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