Asselby

Asselby
The Black Swan
Asselby is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Asselby
Asselby
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population351 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE717280
• London155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish
  • Asselby
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGOOLE
Postcode districtDN14
Dialling code01757
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°44′39″N 0°54′47″W / 53.744119°N 0.912954°W / 53.744119; -0.912954

Asselby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located in the south-west of the county, north of the River Ouse. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the market town of Howden. The land surrounding Asselby is very flat and intersected by dykes which drain into the Rivers Derwent and Ouse.[2]

History

Main Street, Asselby

Asselby is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Cuthbert, the Bishop of Durham.[3] The name derives from Old Norse - the By of Askil, meaning the famstead of Askil.[4] Historically in the wapentake of Howdenshire, and in the Parish of Howden, it is now in its own civil parish.[5][6] The civil parish is formed by the village of Asselby and the hamlet of Knedlington, together with that part of Boothferry village west of the B1228 road.[7] According to the 2011 UK census, Asselby parish had a population of 351,[1] a rise from the 2001 UK census figure of 299.[8] The parish covers an area of 532.14 hectares (1,314.9 acres).[9]

The Hull and Barnsley Railway ran past the village until 1955, having a level crossing named 'Asselby'.[10] The closest station was Barmby railway station.[11]

The village has one pub, The Black Swan, situated on Main Street. Unusually, Asselby is situated on an entirely dead-end road, which finishes in the next village (which is slightly larger than Asselby), Barmby on the Marsh.[2]

Northern Gas Networks has a gas pressure reduction and odourisation plant just outside of Asselby.[12][13]

Asselby Island

The River Ouse and Asselby island

South of the village, on the banks of the River Ouse is Asselby Island.[14] The island is now a triangular patch of land which covers some 50.07 acres (20.26 ha),[15] however it used to only be 10 acres (4 ha) and had water surrounding it on all sides.[6][16] Changes in the tidal system meant that the northern channel had almost dried up by the 1940s,[17] and draining by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the 1960s, mean that the island now only has water on the western and southern sides, its northern side being now permanently joined to the northern bank of the river.[18] However, in times of high water, the island does become a true island again.[15]

The island is now wooded (mostly willow trees) and is only 20 feet (6 m) above sea level.[19] It is opposite the mouth of the River Aire, and is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) downstream from the present mouth of the River Derwent.[20] The island is now a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC), particularly for invertebrates.[21][22] Historically, the island belonged to the Parish of Drax, but it now belongs entirely with the civil parish of Asselby.[7][23] The Trans-Pennine Trail on the northern bank of the Ouse affords views of the island.[2]

Location grid

References

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Asselby Parish (1170211133)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "291" (Map). Goole & Gilberdyke. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24488-3.
  3. ^ "Asselby | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. ^ "Asselby :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Sheahan, J. J. (1855). History and topography of the City of York, the Ainsty Wapentake and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Beverley: Whellan. p. 605. OCLC 504409774.
  7. ^ a b "Asselby CP". ordnancesurvey.co.uk/. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Asselby Parish (1543504180)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. ^ "2001 Census Area Profile" (PDF). East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Asselby". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  11. ^ Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's East Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. pp. 12, 15. ISBN 9781840335521.
  12. ^ Benfield, Chris (4 July 2006). "Pipelines' rapid progress across country". The Yorkshire Post. ProQuest 335342430.
  13. ^ "Work resumes on vital east-west link". EU Energy (154). London: McGraw Hill Publications Company: 31. March 2007. ISSN 1473-7450.
  14. ^ Fisher, Stuart (2012). Rivers of Britain : Estuaries, tideways, havens, lochs, firths and kyles. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1408146569.
  15. ^ a b Berriman, Geoffrey (2016). Islands of England - the North-East and Yorkshire. Newcastle upon Tyne: Summerhill Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1911385028.
  16. ^ "Asselby Island". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022. Use the slider to toggle between older mapping and modern day satellite imagery
  17. ^ Lewis, David (2017). River Ouse bargeman. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. p. 127. ISBN 978-1526716590.
  18. ^ "No. 43408". The London Gazette. 14 August 1964. p. 6897.
  19. ^ "Asselby Island". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  20. ^ Bradley, Tom (1896). The Yorkshire anglers' guide to the whole of the fishing on the Yorkshire rivers. Leeds: Bradley. p. 72. OCLC 38537601.
  21. ^ "Ouse and Humber Strategic Subcatchment Area Biodiversity Action Plan" (PDF). yorkshirehumberdrainage.gov.uk. JBA. January 2010. p. 52. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  22. ^ Kaznowska, S. S.; Wright, F. J. (1995). "Coasts and seas of the United Kingdom Region 6 Eastern England: Flamborough Head to Great Yarmouth" (PDF). data.jncc.gov.uk. p. 88.
  23. ^ "Asselby - Aston-Blank | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 3.
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