Brafferton and Helperby
{{Short description|Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
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| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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| population = 831
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Brafferton and Helperby is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Up until 2019, both Brafferton and Helperby were in their own civil parishes, but a vote, and then later an order was convened, to amalgamate the two into one parish covering both villages.
History
The ancient (ecclesiastical) parish of Brafferton, also included Helperby within the parish domain.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Brafferton, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Brafferton |website=www.genuki.org.uk |access-date=28 November 2021}} When civil parishes were introduced, the two villages were separated out, but are a contiguous settlement with Brafferton at the north end, and Helperby at the south end.{{cite web |title=Brafferton North Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11656 |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=28 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=Parishes: Brafferton {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp98-103 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=28 November 2021}} On 1 April 2019, the two parishes were combined into one civil parish – Brafferton and Helperby, with seven elected council members.{{cite news |last1=Blow |first1=John |title=Representing parishoners |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=5 November 2020 |page=3|issn=0963-1496}} Previous to this, each council had five members.
Local authority
Historically, the ecclesiastical parish of Brafferton included Helperby and Thornton Bridge, where Helperby was described as a township.{{cite book |last1=Whellan |first1=T |title=History and topography of the city of York; and the North Riding of Yorkshire |date=1859 |publisher=John Green |location=Beverley |page=575|oclc=6480776}} Both previous civil parishes were instituted in 1894, both fulfilling the requirements of a local government act of 1889, which stipulated anywhere with 200 or more voters, could have a parish council.{{cite book |last1=Bottomley |first1=F David |title=Brafferton & Helperby : a millenium miscellany |date=2000 |publisher=Brafferton Parish Council |location=Brafferton |isbn=0-9539109-0-3 |page=152}} In 1999, the two separate civil parishes of Brafferton and Helperby pooled their money and resources to build a new village hall, which is situated in Helperby next to the war memorial.{{cite web |title=Brafferton and Helperby Parish Council |url=https://www.braffertonhelperbypc.org.uk/introduction/ |website=braffertonhelperbypc.org.uk |access-date=28 November 2021 |date=1 March 2020}}
At the 2011 Census, Brafferton had a population of 311{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007144|title=Brafferton Parish|accessdate=8 December 2021}} and Helperby had 520.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007188|title=Helperby Parish|accessdate=8 December 2021}} In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the two villages had a population of 820 people – 300 in Brafferton and 520 in Helperby.{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |access-date=28 November 2021 |page=11 |date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Brafferton and Helperby}}
- [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10400867/boundary Previous boundaries of the two civil parishes]