Helperby

Helperby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brafferton and Helperby, in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles west of Easingwold.[2] Over the years it has joined onto Brafferton. On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Brafferton to form "Brafferton and Helperby".[3]

Helperby

Golden Lion on Main Street
Helperby
Location within North Yorkshire
Population520 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE439698
Civil parish
  • Brafferton and Helperby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO61
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Helperby has the Millennium Village Hall, a butcher's shop and a doctor's surgery. There are two pubs, one a restaurant with rooms, one a village inn, and two churches, a Church of England and a disused Methodist Chapel which is now a house. In 2008 Helperby had a new pavilion at the football and cricket pitch.

There is also an annual beer festival held in September to raise funds for future development of a Children's play area.

Helperby's Millennium Hall

The film The Life and Crimes of William Palmer was filmed in the village in 1998.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a total population of 1,922 at the Census 2011.[4]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Helperby Parish (1170216852)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
  3. "The Hambleton District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Brafferton and Helperby) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  4. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Helperby 2011 Census Ward (1237325067)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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