Binsoe
{{Short description|A hamlet in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Binsoe
| country = England
| civil_parish = West Tanfield
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| static_image_name = Binsoe, near West Tanfield - geograph.org.uk - 274501.jpg
| static_image_alt = A narrow country road with a farm on the right, and a barn on the left
| static_image_caption = Farm buildings at Binsoe
| os_grid_reference = SE250798
| coordinates = {{coord|54.214|-1.617|display=inline, title}}
| post_town = RIPON
| postcode_area = HG
| dial_code = 01677
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Binsoe is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Tanfield, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is just to the north of the A6108 road, being {{convert|1.25|mi|0}} north west of West Tanfield, and {{convert|2|mi}} south east of Masham.{{cite web |title=Genuki: West Tanfield, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/WestTanfield |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=27 August 2020}} During the First World War, a field to the east of the hamlet was used as a landing ground for the Royal Flying Corps (later, the Royal Air Force).
History
Binsoe was not recorded in the Domesday Book, but was listed as Binzhou in 1190. The name is believed to have derived from a personal name such as Binteshou. Other variants have been recorded as Bishou in 1202, Bynshu in 1301, and Bynsoo in 1536.{{cite web |title=Binsoe :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/North+Riding+of+Yorkshire/West+Tanfield/53286b0bb47fc40bc60002f2-Binsoe |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |accessdate=27 August 2020}} The hamlet used to be in the Wapentake of Hallikeld, but was later in the Bedale Rural District.{{Internet Archive|id=b28911994|name=Bedale Rural District Annual Report 1898|page=2}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.{{cite web |title=BINSOE, HAMBLETON (HG4 4DW) |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/binsoe-hambleton |website=OS GetOutside |accessdate=27 August 2020}}
In the Victoria County History book on the North Riding from 1914, a description is made about the road that runs through the hamlet; "where the lane makes a loop round a curious tree-covered mound".{{cite web |title=Parishes: West Tanfield {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp384-389 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |accessdate=27 August 2020}} This is a round barrow dated from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, and is now a scheduled monument.{{NHLE|desc=Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm|num=1016425|grade=|accessdate=27 August 2020}}
Between December 1916 and June 1919, a field to the east of Binsoe was used by No. 76 Squadron in the Home Defence role. The total area was {{convert|35|acre}} with a landing ground measuring {{convert|400|yard}} by {{convert|380|yard}}, although no permanent buildings were erected on the site, and its use would have been sporadic due to its designation as a relief landing ground for nearby RAF Ripon.{{cite book|last=Halpenny|first=Bruce Barrymore|title=Action Stations 4; Military Airfields of Yorkshire|year=1982|publisher=Patrick Stephens|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-85059-532-0|page=26}}{{cite book |last1=Chorlton |first1=Martyn |title=Forgotten airfields of World War I |date=2014 |publisher=Crecy |location=Manchester |isbn=9780859791816 |page=166}} After disuse, the field was converted back for agricultural purposes.{{cite web |title=Binsoe - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK |url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/binsoe/ |website=www.abct.org.uk |accessdate=28 August 2020}}
Binsoe hamlet is just north of the A6108 road that connects Ripon with Leyburn and Richmond. The road through the hamlet connects with the B6267 road to the north.{{cite map|title =Nidderdale |map =298 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319245507 }} For census purposes, the hamlet is recorded within the civil parish of West Tanfield.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007294|title=West Tanfield Parish|accessdate=28 August 2020}}