Hirst Courtney

Hirst Courtney is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England.

Hirst Courtney
Hirst Courtney
Location within North Yorkshire
Population287 (2011)[1]
Civil parish
  • Hirst Courtney
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSelby
Postcode districtYO8
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

The name derives from Old English Hyrst (wooded hill) and possession by the Courtney family in the thirteenth century.[2] In 1825 the population was 144, in 23 households.[3] In 2011 the population was 287.

The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. [4]

The village formally had a public house called the Royal Oak Inn. It closed in 2017.[5]

Until 2014, the Hirst Courtney shared a community primary school with neighbouring village Temple Hirst.[6] In 2012 the school received a requires improvement rating from Ofsted.[7] In November 2013, the school had less than 14 pupils enrolled, a decrease from the previous inspection when there was 26. The school closed on 22 April 2014, and the remaining pupils were transferred to Chapel Haddlesey CE VC School.[8]

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. David Mills (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6.
  3. Benjamin Pitts Capper (1825). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom ... G. B. Whittaker. p. 441.
  4. "History of Hirst Courtney, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. The Royal Oak Inn. UKCampsite.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2020
  6. "North Yorkshire's smallest school closure consultation". BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2020
  7. "Hirst Courtney and Temple Hirst Community Primary School inspection (2012)". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  8. "Easter threat for Temple Hirst Community Primary School, near Selby". York Press. Retrieved 27 February 2020


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