Hetton, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.025°N -2.06°W
Official Name:Hetton
Static Image Name:Hetton, Yorkshire Dales National Park.jpg
Static Image Caption:Hetton
Population:155
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Hetton-cum-Bordley
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:Skipton
Postcode District:BD23
Postcode Area:BD
Os Grid Reference:SD962584

Hetton is a small Dales village in the civil parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley, in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England, situated north of Skipton by the B6265 road. It is the largest settlement in the parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley. The population of the former civil parish of Hetton taken at the 2011 Census was 155.

History

Nearby places include Cracoe, Flasby, Rylstone, Threapland and Winterburn.[1] Hetton was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Stuartcol (or Swartkoll) in 1066, but given to Roger de Poitou by 1086. The name means the farm on the heathland (from Old English hæth tun).[2] [3] [4]

Hetton was historically part of the wapentake of Staincliffe East, and within the Skipton Rural District.[5] [6] For administrative purpose, it formed a township with Bordley in the ancient parish of Burnsall in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[7] In the late 19th century it became a separate township,[8] and it became a separate civil parish in 1866.[9] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.[10] The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2012 and amalgamated with the parish of Bordley to form the new civil parish of "Hetton-cum-Bordley".[11] [12] From 1974 until 2023 it was in Craven district.[13] The area is represented at Westminster as part of the Skipton and Ripon Constituency.[14]

The village has a Methodist church, opened in 1859, but which closed in 2021 as a house of worship.[15] [16] Hetton is also home to The Angel Inn, which has been awarded a Michelin Star, and is also the only restaurant in North Yorkshire to have been awarded five AA rosettes for its food.[17] [18] [19] [20]

The Dales High Way, a long-distance path, runs through the village.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western Area. OL2 . 2016 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-26331-0 .
  2. Web site: Hetton Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 25 September 2024.
  3. Book: Speight . Harry . The Craven and north-west Yorkshire highlands. Being a complete account of the history, scenery, and antiquities of that romantic district. . 1892 . E Stock . London . 321. 7219082.
  4. Book: Metcalfe . Peter . Gower . Ted . Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings . 1992 . North Yorkshire Marketing . Harrogate . 1-873214-03-0 . 48.
  5. Web site: Genuki: Burnsall Supplementary, Yorkshire (West Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 25 September 2024.
  6. Book: Parliamentary Papers Poor Law Unions volume 49, part II . 1862 . HMSO . London. 370 . 145367615.
  7. Web site: Parish of Burnsall. Genuki. 27 August 2014.
  8. Web site: John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) quoted in Vision of Britain website . 27 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Hetton CP/Tn. Vision of Britain . 27 August 2014.
  10. Book: Guide No. 6: North Yorkshire Gazetteer of Townships and Parishes . 2021 . 1986 . North Yorkshire County Council . Northallerton . 0 906035 29 5 . 16.
  11. Web site: The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011. 27 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095311/http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3957&p=0. 3 September 2014. dead.
  12. Web site: North Yorkshire Registration District. UKBMD. 25 November 2023.
  13. News: Barrett . Thomas . Council leader reflects on his time as Craven Council to be abolished to make way for North Yorkshire Council . 17 February 2024 . The Yorkshire Post . 23 March 2023.
  14. Web site: Election Maps . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 25 September 2024 . On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time..
  15. Book: The North Yorkshire Village Book . 1991 . Countryside Books . Newbuy . 1853061379 . 121.
  16. Web site: Assessment of Assets of Community Value Nomination NYCACV0031 Hetton Methodist Church Report to the Assistant Chief Executive for Localities . edemocracy.northyorks.gov.uk . 25 September 2024.
  17. Web site: The Angel Hetton . yorkshiredales.org.uk . 25 September 2024.
  18. Web site: The Angel – Hetton - a Michelin Guide Restaurant . guide.michelin.com . 25 September 2024.
  19. News: d'Arcy . Susan . The Angel at Hetton North Yorkshire hotel review . 25 September 2024 . The Times . 29 November 2022.
  20. News: Mitchinson . James . Dales restaurant becomes first in the county to receive five AA rosettes . The Yorkshire Post . 25 September 2024 . 5. 0963-1496.

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