Eggborough

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Eggborough

| static_image_name = Eggborough.jpg

| static_image_caption = Horse and Jockey pub in the village, with power station chimney visible in background

| coordinates = {{coord|53.704881|-1.145592|display=inline,title}}

| label_position = top

| population = 1,952

| population_ref = (2011 Census){{cite web |title=Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123120&c=Eggborough&d=16&e=62&g=6455568&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1439565197355&enc=1 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=14 August 2015}}

| os_grid_reference = SE565235

| civil_parish = Eggborough

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| country = England

| post_town = GOOLE

| postcode_area = DN

| postcode_district = DN14

| dial_code = 01977

| constituency_westminster = Selby

}}

Eggborough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding.

The village is situated at the junction of the A19 and the A645, approximately {{convert|7|mi}} east of Pontefract and {{convert|7|mi}} south-west of Selby. It is also close to the M62.

History

Eggborough (as well as High and Low Eggborough) is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 and was formerly in the Wapentake of Osgoldcross.{{cite web |last1=Powell-Smith |first1=Anna |title=[High and Low] Eggborough {{!}} Domesday Book |url=http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/high-and-low-eggborough/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=25 September 2017}} The name derives from Ecga's Burh, a fortification belonging to a person named Ecga.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=161 |edition=4}}

Eggborough was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire{{Cite web |title=Eggborough, West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12401 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth |access-date=2 December 2023}} until 1 April 1974, when it became part of the Selby District of North Yorkshire. On 1 April 2023 Selby District was abolished and Eggborough became part of the new North Yorkshire unitary authority area.

File:Mill of Masts - geograph.org.uk - 823546.jpg

There is a pub in the village, the Horse and Jockey. There is a cricket club, which was formed in 1902 just up from the Horse & Jockey and is the home of Whitley Bridge Cricket Club. There is also a sports and leisure complex in the grounds of the nearby Eggborough Power Station. The complex offers a nine-hole golf course, two miniature football pitches, two full-size football pitches, a bowling green, a children's play area, a miniature railway, a licensed bar, snooker, pool, a green room and a concert hall.

The centre of the village used to be the location of a Bowman's Flour Mill, but it ceased production in 2016.{{cite web |title=Bowmans Refocuses For Future Growth |url=http://www.bowmaningredients.co.uk/news/bowmans-refocuses-for-future-growth/ |website=www.bowmaningredients.co.uk |date=17 June 2016 |access-date=25 September 2017}}

Close to Eggborough is the site of French-owned Saint-Gobain Glass, Europe's leading producer of float (flat) glass. The plant, which opened in 1998,{{cite news |title=Selby gets glass jobs |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7969995.Selby_gets_glass_jobs/ |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=York Press |date=24 March 1998}} employs over 170 people and produces {{convert|200000|tonne}} of flat glass per year.{{cite news |title=Saint-Gobain Glass UK |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/886945.display/ |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=York Press |date=1 June 2006}}

The large village hall on Selby Road is well used and is shared with the residents of Whitley Bridge, which has no village hall of its own.{{cite web |title=Whitley Village Plan 2006 |url=http://www.whitleycommunity.co.uk/Core/Whitley-Village/UserFiles/Files/Parish%20Plan/whitleyvillageplan_v2.pdf |website=whitleycommunity.co.uk |access-date=25 September 2017 |page=4}} Other activities take place at the Methodist Hall and the Westfield Centre.

The village also has its own football team, Eggborough Eagles,{{cite web |title=Eggborough Eagles FC |url=http://eggborough-eagles.co.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416061246/http://eggborough-eagles.co.uk/ |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=16 April 2013}} which is based at the Eggborough Sports and Leisure Complex. The Eggborough Eagles were founded in 2011 by Chairman James Lancaster, Secretary Michael Corr and Manager Michael Shaughnessy. They came fourth in their first-ever season recognised in the Selby and District Invitational League.{{cite web |url=http://www.selbydistrictleague.co.uk/Division%202.htm|title=Eggborough Eagles - Division 2, Saturday 21 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723113800/http://www.selbydistrictleague.co.uk/Division%202.htm |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=23 July 2012}}

=Power stations=

File:Eggborough Power Station - geograph.org.uk - 189709.jpg

The village was the site of the coal-fired Eggborough Power Station, built in the 1960s and once owned by British Energy. Its four turbines could produce a total combined output of 1,960 MWe. The power station was due to be closed in 2016, but won a reprieve as a backup generator of power until March 2017 and then again until March 2018, when it shut down for good. The current owners are applying for permission to convert the power station to a gas-fired power plant.{{cite news |last1=Barnett |first1=Ben |title=Eggborough power station wins 12-month reprieve |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/eggborough-power-station-wins-12-month-reprieve-1-7723522 |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=9 February 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Diarmid |title=EPH applies to change Eggborough plant from coal to gas power |url=http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2017/06/eph-applies-to-change-eggborough-plant-from-coal-to-gas-power.html |website=www.powerengineeringint.com |access-date=25 September 2017 |date=6 May 2017}}

There was also a short lived biomass power station, ARBRE Power Station, built by the Kelda Group, owners of Yorkshire Water, which cost £30 million.{{cite news |title='Green' power station to close |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7922792._Green__power_station_to_close/ |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=York Press |date=2 August 2002}} The site was developed to burn willow wood grown by local farmers and turn it into gas, however, by August 2002 had gone into liquidation.{{cite news |title='Green' power station is sold |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3025755.stm |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=BBC News |date=14 May 2003}} The capacity of the station was rated at 8 MW. In 2015, DRENL (UK) gained approval to convert the old ARBRE site into an Energy from waste (EfW) plant that would process {{convert|200000|tonne}} of waste per year to generate 10 MW of electricity.{{cite web |last1=Simkins |first1=Gareth |title=EfW rebuild for failed biomass plant |url=http://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1347359/efw-rebuild-failed-biomass-plant |website=endswasteandbioenergy.com |access-date=25 September 2017 |date=15 May 2015}}

Transport

The A19 and the A645 intersect in the village, with the A19 being on a north–south axis and having a junction (number 34) on the M62 just south of the village.{{cite map |title=York |map=290 |year=2015 |scale=1:25,000 |series=Explorer |publisher=Ordnance Survey |isbn=9780319244876 }} To the south of the village lies the Aire and Calder Navigation. Eggborough is served by {{stnlnk|Whitley Bridge}} railway station on the Pontefract line, but services are limited to just two trains a day to {{stnlnk|Leeds}} and only one through to {{stnlnk|Goole}}.{{cite news |last1=Freeman |first1=Sarah |title=The ghost trains haunting Britain's rail network |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/the-ghost-trains-haunting-britain-s-rail-network-1-7231906 |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=28 April 2015}}

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. It stretches north to West Haddlesey and has a total population of 3,763.{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13693948&c=eggborough&d=14&e=62&g=6455567&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1481136479250&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics – Area: Eggborough (Ward) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=7 December 2016}}

It has a parish council consisting of four members.{{cite web |title=Eggborough {{!}} Selby District Council |url=http://www.selby.gov.uk/parish/eggborough |website=www.selby.gov.uk |access-date=25 September 2017}} Eggborough was represented on the former Selby District Council by husband-and-wife couple John and Mary McCartney, who are Independents. John is also the North Yorkshire County Councillor for the ward, which includes Eggborough.

Education

Primary-age children attend Whitley and Eggborough Primary School, in Learning Lane on the other side of the M62.{{cite news |title=Eggborough pupils left in cold by theft |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9431193.Eggborough_pupils_left_in_cold_by_theft/ |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=York Press |date=21 December 2011}}

References

External links

[http://www.drenl.co.uk/sites/default/files/Eggborough%20Consultation%20Leaflet.pdf EfW proposal leaflet]

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Category:Villages in North Yorkshire