Chapel Haddlesey
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image = Chapel Haddelsy Church - geograph.org.uk - 99942.jpg
| static_image_caption = St John the Baptist's parish church, Hirst Road, Chapel Haddlesey, seen from the northwest
| coordinates = {{coord|53|43|43|N|1|07|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Chapel Haddlesey
| population = 202
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster =
| post_town = Selby
| postcode_district = YO8
| postcode_area = YO
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SE581452
}}
Chapel Haddlesey is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is just east off the A19 road, which crosses the River Aire on Haddlesey Bridge.{{cite map|title =York |map =290 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319244876 }}
The village used to be in the Barkston Ash Wapentake and up until 1974, it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|title=Chapel Haddlesey Tn/CP through time|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10430136|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=10 January 2018}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Overview
At the west end of the village is the Church of England primary school, which has an age range of 4–11, and an average of 50 pupils on the roster.{{cite web|title=Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School: School Inspection Report 2016|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/121556|website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk|accessdate=10 January 2018|page=8|format=PDF|date=20 June 2016}} St John the Baptist's Church, Haddlesey is at the east end of the village.{{cite web|title=The Church of St John the Baptist, Haddlesey -A Church Near You|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18928/|website=www.achurchnearyou.com|accessdate=10 January 2018}} The church was built in 1836 on the site of a previous religious house that dated back to the 14th century. Originally the church was a chapel of ease, as it was part of the parish of Birkin. It formed its own parish, along with the nearby villages of Temple Hirst and Hirst Courtney in 1873.{{cite web|title=Church of England, Chapel Haddlesey, St. John the Baptist, parish - Borthwick Catalogue|url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/church-of-england-haddlesey-st-john-baptist-parish|website=borthcat.york.ac.uk|accessdate=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111052829/https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/church-of-england-haddlesey-st-john-baptist-parish|archive-date=11 January 2018|url-status=dead}}{{Genuki|county=WRY|Birkin||Chapel Haddlesey}}
Boats used to travel up the River Aire to the south of the village and a weir and lock (Haddlesey Old Lock) were constructed in 1702. The lock became redundant upon the opening of the Selby Canal in 1778, but the weir was kept in place to allow headwaters to build up and keep the mouth from the canal at Selby in deep water. The canal mouth is at West Haddlesey, which is just {{convert|1|km|order=flip}} to the west of Chapel Haddlesey.{{cite web|title=Chapel Haddlesey update {{!}} Aire Rivers Trust|url=https://aireriverstrust.org.uk/chapel-haddesley-update/|website=aireriverstrust.org.uk|accessdate=10 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=River Aire, Kellington Marsh to West Haddlesey|url=http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/northyorks/selby03.htm|website=www.penninewaterways.co.uk|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
In 2016, Haddlesey Old Lock was converted into a hydro power station to generate enough electricity for 440 homes.{{cite web|title=Chapel Haddlesey – Old Lock House Hydro Electric Generation Scheme|url=http://aireriverstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UK-Hydro-updates-September-2016.pdf|website=aireriverstrust.org.uk|publisher=UK Hydro Ltd|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=September 2016}} The bottom of the lock is also the normal tidal limit for the River Aire.{{cite news|last1=Kidd|first1=Marie-Claire|title=Promises of a new wealth of fish in our waterways|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environment/promises-of-a-new-wealth-of-fish-in-our-waterways-1-6763816|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=2 August 2014}}
See also
References
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