Hirst Courtney is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England.
| Hirst Courtney | |
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.svg)  Hirst Courtney Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 287 (2011)[1] |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Selby |
| Postcode district | YO8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
The name derives from Old English Hyrst (wooded hill) and possession by the Courtney family in the thirteenth century.[2] In 1825 the population was 144, in 23 households.[3] In 2011 the population was 287.
The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[4]
The village formally had a public house called the Royal Oak Inn. It closed in 2015.[5] In November 2022, an application to demolished the pub and replaced it with housing was approved[5] after previously being rejected by Selby District Council in April.[6]
Until 2014, Hirst Courtney shared a community primary school with neighbouring village Temple Hirst.[7] In 2012 the school received a requires improvement rating from Ofsted.[8] In November 2013, the school had less than 14 pupils enrolled, a decrease from the previous inspection when there was 26. The school closed on 22 April 2014, and the remaining pupils were transferred to Chapel Haddlesey CE VC School.[9]
In February 2020, parts of the village were evacuated during flooding from the River Aire.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ David Mills (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6.
- ^ Benjamin Pitts Capper (1825). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom ... G. B. Whittaker. p. 441.
- ^ "History of Hirst Courtney, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b Cooper, Joe (15 November 2022). "Village pub to be demolished and replaced by housing". YorkMix. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Cooper, Joe (7 April 2022). "Plan to demolish Royal Oak Inn, in Hirst Courtney, is rejected". York Press. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "North Yorkshire's smallest school closure consultation". BBC News. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Hirst Courtney and Temple Hirst Community Primary School inspection (2012)". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Easter threat for Temple Hirst Community Primary School, near Selby". York Press. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Willers, Daniel (25 February 2020). "Part of Hirst Courtney evacuated as River Aire bursts its banks". York Press. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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