Coxwold, N Yorkshire - art/info postcard by Stokesley Studio c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Greetings from Coxwold, North Yorkshire - shows drawing and history
• Publisher: The Stokesley Studio / Potted History Card No. 19 by D.A. Cleverly
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Coxwold is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England and located within the North York Moors National Park. It is situated 18 miles north of York and is where the Rev. Laurence Sterne wrote A Sentimental Journey.

The village name is derived from Saxon words Cuc, meaning cry and valt, meaning wood.[2]

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as part of the Yalestre hundred by the name of Cucvalt. The lord of the manor at the time of the Norman invasion was Kofse, but passed to Hugh, son of Baldric[3] and thence to Roger de Mowbray. Before 1158, the manor and lands of Coxwold passed to Thomas Colville. In return for the lands, Thomas had to swear allegiance to Roger de Mowbray. Thomas de Colville's estate included the manors of Yearsley, Coxwold and Oulston as well as other properties and land in York, Thirsk, Everley, Nunwick, Kilburn and Upsland. The Colville shield is proudly displayed at one of the roof intersections in the twelfth century Norman church at Coxwold.[4]

Successive generations of Colvilles held the estate and lands of Coxwold until 1405 when Thomas Colville viii was murdered, probably at the instruction of Richard le Scrope Archbishop of York, who, in turn, was acting on behalf of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. The bulk of the Coxwold estate was then granted to the Uhtred-Neville family.[4]

While in possession of the Coxwold estate, the Colville family gave generous grants to Byland Abbey and Newburgh Priory but, at the turn of the fourteenth century, there were some disputes between the monks of Newburgh Priory and the Colvilles over rights to land around Coxwold.[4]

In 1304 Sir Thomas Colville v started a tradition of a weekly market to be held in the grounds of the manor of Coxwold. He also established a two-day annual fair to celebrate the Assumption, a tradition that survived uninterrupted in Coxwold Manor for some five hundred years.[4]

Sir Thomas Colville vii (of Yearsley and Coxwold) became famous following a jousting incident before the Battle of Crecy in 1346 when he crossed the river to joust with a French knight who had been hurling abuse at the English king. He later joined the retinue of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster who was the third son of Edward III and by far the richest noble in England.[4]

At one time, the village had a station on the Thirsk and Malton Line. It opened on 19 May 1853, but closed on 7 August 1964 as part of the reorganisation of the national railway system.[2][5] In 1603, Sir John Harte, who was born in nearby Kilburn, North Yorkshire, built a Grammar School in the village, which closed in 1894. He was also a Lord Mayor of London.[2][5]

Governance

Coxwold lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is part of the Stillington electoral district of North Yorkshire County Council. It is also within the White Horse ward of Hambleton District Council which returns one councillor.[6][7] A new Coxwold village website was launched in 2018.

Geography

The village stands on a slight incline where most of the dwellings are located, with the church at the top of the hill. At the bottom of the hill was the village smithy, now a private house with Forge Cottage becoming a holiday cottage. The Fauconberg Arms Inn is located on the main street. The inn bears the arms and motto of Baron Fauconberg[8] and offers accommodation and a restaurant.

According to the 1881 UK Census, the population was 313.[2] The 2001 UK Census put the population at 185. The census recorded that of that population 161 were over the age of sixteen and of those, 92 were in employment.[9]

The nearest settlements to Coxwold are Husthwaite 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the south-west; Carlton Husthwaite 2.4 miles (3.9 km) to the west; Kilburn 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-west; Wass 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the north-east and Oulston 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the south south-east.[6]

Green's Beck runs south-westwards through the village to join Mill Beck to form Elphin Beck to eventually flow into the River Swale.[6]