East Heslerton
{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image_name = East Heslerton Wold.jpg
| static_image_caption = On East Heslerton Wold, looking towards the Vale of Pickering
| coordinates = {{coord|54.177920|-0.582934|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = East Heslerton
| population =
| civil_parish = Heslerton
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton
| post_town = MALTON
| postcode_district = YO17
| postcode_area = YO
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SE925767
}}
East Heslerton is a village in the civil parish of Heslerton, near Malton, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies between the villages of West Heslerton and Sherburn, at the interface between the Vale of Pickering to the north and the Yorkshire Wolds to the south. Heslerton had a population of 409 at the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007589|title=Heslerton Parish|accessdate=15 May 2019}} The village was named on early maps as Heslerton Parva.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way and Centenary Way pass approximately one mile to the south of the village.{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/magicmap.aspx|title=Magic Map Application|website=magic.defra.gov.uk|accessdate=12 May 2019}}
History
A Neolithic barrow group lies on East Heslerton Brow at the top of the Wold escarpment.{{NHLE|num=1011516|desc=East Heslerton Brow barrow group: a long barrow 1000m east of Manor Wold Farm, Heslerton |accessdate=12 May 2019}}
There is a deserted village at Manor Farm near East Heslerton which is open to the public all year. Visitors can see the remains set in ridge and furrow fields.{{cite web|url=http://countrywalks.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Module=CountryWalkDetails&Site=2563 |title=DEFRA site| accessdate= 20 February 2008}}
From 1918 to 1939 East Heslerton Aerodrome was used by the Royal Air Force and civilian pilots.{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/east-heslerton/|title=East Heslerton - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK|website=www.abct.org.uk|access-date=7 May 2019}} It was located to the east of the village and commemorated by a plaque on the East Heslerton Church Rooms.{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfield-markers/marker-locations/|title=Marker Locations - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK|website=www.abct.org.uk|accessdate=12 May 2019}}
Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
In 1866 East Heslerton became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with West Heslerton to form "Heslerton".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10432741|title=Relationships and changes East Heslerton CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=25 November 2023}} In 1931 the parish had a population of 152.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10432741/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics East Heslerton CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=25 November 2023}}
The church of Saint Andrew
File:St Andrews Church East Heslerton June 2009 (Nigel Coates).jpg
{{Main|St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton}}
The church was designed by George Edmund Street commissioned by Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere House. Work started in 1873 and St Andrew's was completed in 1877. It has sculptures of the four saintly fathers of the Latin Church, St Augustine, St Ambrose, St Gregory and St Jerome, all modelled by James Redfern. They were originally intended for the northern porch of Bristol Cathedral but were thought
too "papist" by the Dean and rejected. They were rescued by Street.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/content.php?nID=25&csID=16 |title=The Church conservation council|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813141157/http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/content.php?nID=25&csID=16 |archivedate=13 August 2007 |accessdate= 20 February 2008}}
The church is now redundant and the Grade I listed building is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Transport
The A64 trunk road passes through the village. A regular Yorkshire Coastliner bus service providing connections to Scarborough, Malton, York and Leeds is operated by Transdev Blazefield.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkbus.co.uk/Coastliner.htm|title=Coastliner Bus Service Information ~ Transdev|website=www.yorkbus.co.uk|accessdate=12 May 2019|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013071037/http://yorkbus.co.uk/Coastliner.htm|url-status=dead}}
East Heslerton was served by Heslerton railway station on the York to Scarborough Line between 1845 and 1930.{{Butt-Stations}}
See also
References
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{{Commons category|East Heslerton}}
External links
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Westheslerton/Westheslerton92.html West and East Heslerton at Genuki] accessed 20 February 2008
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