Hipswell

Hipswell is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The civil parish mainly comprises the northern part of Catterick Garrison. The village of Hipswell is at the eastern end of the civil parish, and effectively forms a suburb of Catterick Garrison.

Hipswell

St John the Evangelist Church, Hipswell
Hipswell
Location within North Yorkshire
Population5,388 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE183983
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCATTERICK GARRISON
Postcode districtDL9
Dialling code01748
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

History

Hipswell was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as being in the hundred of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of Yorkshire, the population was estimated at 6 households.[3] In the 1320s it was the birthplace of noted English theologian John Wycliffe, leader of the Lollard Movement.

Hipswell was historically a township in the ancient parish of Catterick in the North Riding of Yorkshire. In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hipswell as:

a township and a chapelry in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on Rysdale beck, near its influx to the Swale, and near the Richmond railway, 2 miles SE of Richmond; and is in the parish of Catterick. Acres, 2, 785. Real property, £2, 768. Pop., 260. Houses, 53.[4]

Situated close to the church, Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century manor house, with alterations dated 1596, possibly originally part of a fortified house, built for the Fulthorpe family.[5]

Governance

Hipswell lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. An electoral ward for Richmondshire District Council in the same name exists, this ward stretches north almost to Richmond with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 5,610.[6]

Community and culture

Hipswell Church of England Primary School which caters for nearly 200 pupils,[7] is the local primary education provider, Risedale Sports and Community College is also located in Hipswell, which provides secondary and further education for the surrounding Garrison area. The village hall was originally built in 1919, but was re-erected in 1929 after a fire.[8]

Hipswell Hall

Religion

Hipswell ecclesiastical parish is formed by the villages of Hipswell with Colburn and Scotton. Hipswell is served by the church of St. John the Evangelist, Hipswell Road, Hipswell.[9]

Hipswell churchyard was the initial burial ground for soldiers from Catterick Garrison and its Military Hospital in the First World War. It contains the war graves of 64 service personnel from that war and of 2 British soldiers from the Second World War. A screen wall lists those whose graves are not marked by headstones.[10] In 1930, on the churchyard's northern boundary, Catterick Garrison Cemetery was opened by the War Office as a purpose-made cemetery for the camp. This includes war graves of 42 Commonwealth service personnel and some Polish service personnel of the Second World War. A Cross of Sacrifice stands at the boundary of the two burial grounds.[11]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hipswell Parish (1170217155)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. "Hipswell Parish Council > Home". Hipswell Parish Council. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Hipswell | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. "History of Hipswell, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. Historic England. "Hipswell Hall (1179639)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hipswell Ward (as of 2011) (1237325134)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. "Home". Hipswell Church Of England Primary School. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  8. "Hipswell Village Hall | History". www.spanglefish.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  9. "Hello and Welcome". The Churches of Hipswell Parish. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  10. CWGC Cemetery Report, Hipswell Churchyard.
  11. CWGC Cemetery Report, Catterick Garrison Cemetery.

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