Kirby Wiske

Kirby Wiske is an English village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire. It lies beside the River Wiske, about four miles (6.4 km) north-west of Thirsk.

Kirby Wiske
Kirby Wiske from the west
Kirby Wiske Location within North Yorkshire
Population	113 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE376848
Civil parish	Kirby Wiske
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thirsk
Postcode district	YO7
Dialling code	01845
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton

History

The village is referred to in the 1086 Domesday Book as Kirkebi in the Allerton Hundred. After the Norman invasion, Domesday states, the manor passed from Edwin, Earl of Mercia, to the Crown of England.[2]

Anne of Denmark stayed with Thomas Lascelles of Brackenburgh on 10 June 1603, while on her way to London from Edinburgh, and travelled on to York.[3]

Governance

The village shares a parish council with Newsham with Breckenbrough.[4] It lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency, the Thorntons ward of Hambleton District Council and Sowerby electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council.[5]

Geography

The nearest settlements are Maunby 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the north-west; South Otterington 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the north; Thornton-le-Street 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the north-east and Sandhutton 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to the south. Maunby stands on the west bank of the River Wiske, which joins the River Swale to the south of the village. It is close to the A167 road.[5]

The 1881 UK Census recorded a population of 223.[6] The population of Kirkby Wiske in 2001 was 105 – 45 male, 60 female, 90 of them over the age of 16, of whom 61 were in employment. There were 48 dwellings, 29 of them detached.[7] The population at the census of 2011 had risen to 131.[1]

Religion

St John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske

There is an Anglican parish church in the village, dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church is a Grade II* listed building, originally built in the 12th century on the site of an earlier Saxon church. Restoration and rebuilding of the present church took place in the 14th, 15th and 19th centuries.[6][8]

The congregation today forms part of a joint parish of Lower Swale, along with those of seven other villages. There is a service held at Kirby Wiske church about once a month.[9]

There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in the village in 1825, but the building is no longer in use as such.[6] Nor are the premises of the Church of England school, which opened in 1870.[10]

Listed buildings

In all there are eleven Grade II Listed Buildings in the area, including the bridge over the river.[11] One of them, Sion Hill Hall,[12] now houses the Birds of Prey and Conservation Centre, which keeps over 70 birds of prey and is run by Falconry UK Ltd.[13]

Notable residents

• Roger Ascham, born in Kirby Wiske in 1514 or 1515, was a scholar, educationalist and promoter of archery, who was Princess Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin in 1548–1550 and served under the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.[14]
• Anthony Ascham or Askham, astronomer, astrologer, and brother of Roger, was born at Kirby Wiske in about 1517.[15]
• William Palliser (1644–1726) was baptised in Kirby Wiske. He later became Archbishop of Cashel in the Church of Ireland.[16]
• Christopher Bethell (1773–1859), Rector of Kirby Wiske in 1808–1830, was to become Bishop of Bangor, despite knowing no Welsh. His many writings on religious matters included A General View of the Doctrine of Regeneration in Baptism (1821).[17]

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Kirby Wiske Parish (1170216873)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
2. /kirby-wiske/ Kirby Wiske in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
3. HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 15 (London, 1930), p. 126.
4. "Parish council - Kirby Wiske and Newsham with Breckenbrough Parish Council". Hambledon District Council. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
5. Ordnance Survey Open Viewer
6. Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. pp. 739, 740. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
7. "UK Census:2001 Parish Headcounts for Kirby Wiske". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
8. "Church Listing". Retrieved 2 January 2013.
9. Parish site Retrieved 24 April 2016.
10. British History Online Retrieved 25 April 2016.
11. "Listed Buildings". Retrieved 2 January 2013.
12. "Sion Hall Listing". Retrieved 2 January 2013.
13. Falconry UK Ltd Archived 29 July 2012 at Archive.today
14. O'Day, Rosemary (2004). "Ascham, Roger (1514/15–1568)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. Capp, Bernard (2004). "Askham [Ascham], Anthony (c. 1517–1559)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
16. Gilbert, J. T. (2004). "Palliser, William (1646–1727)". In Falvey, J. (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 April 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
17. Boase, G. C. (2004). "Bethell, Christopher (1773–1859)". In Matthew, H. C. G. (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 April 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Media related to Kirby Wiske at Wikimedia Commons