Cundall, North Yorkshire

Cundall is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.[1]

Cundall

Cundall village
Cundall
Location within North Yorkshire
Population128 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE423726
Civil parish
  • Cundall with Leckby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO61
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Governance

The village lies within the Skipton & Ripon UK Parliamentary Constituency. It is part of the Masham & Fountains electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council. It is also within the Wathvale ward of Harrogate Borough Council.[2] The village is part of the civil parish of Cundall with Leckby.

Geography

The village is recorded in the UK Census of 1821 as having a population of 351. In the 1851 UK Census the population was 389 and in the 1881 UK Census was 301.[3] In the 2001 UK Census the parish had a population of 102, of which 82 were aged over sixteen. Of these, 64 were in employment. There were 42 dwellings of which half were detached properties.[4] The Census 2011 gave a population of 128.[5]

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Cundel in the Hallikeld hundred. The lord of the manor prior to the Norman invasion was Earl Waltheof and thereafter Alfred the butler under the rule of Robert, Count of Mortain.[6]

The village is at an elevation of 98 feet (30 m) at its highest. The village is just 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the River Swale and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) east of the A1(M). The nearest settlements are Asenby 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the north; Dishforth 2.3 miles (3.7 km) to the west and Helperby 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south.[2] The village of Norton-le-Clay lies 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the south-west is another Thankful Village.[1]

Education

The village is home to Cundall Manor, an independent (fee-paying) co-educational school from ages 2.5 to 16 years of age.[7] State Primary education for the village can be found at Dishforth CE School, Topcliffe CE school or St Peter's Brafferton CE School. Secondary education is at Boroughbridge High School[8] or Thirsk School and Sixth Form College.

Religion
St Mary and All Saints Church Cundall

The church in the village is dedicated to St Mary and All Saints. It is a Grade I listed building that was rebuilt in 1854.[3][9]

References
  1. "Thankful Village". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  2. Ordnance [https://web.archive.org/web/20121005064046/http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/viewer/ Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Survey Open Viewer]
  3. Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. pp. 685, 686. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
  4. "Civil Parish". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  5. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cundall with Leckby Parish (1170216993)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. Cundall in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  7. "Public School". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  8. "Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  9. "Listed building". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
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