Flaxby
Flaxby
Flaxby is located in North Yorkshire
Flaxby
Flaxby
Location within North Yorkshire
Population156 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSE395578
Civil parish
  • Flaxby
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKNARESBOROUGH
Postcode districtHG5
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

Flaxby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A1(M) motorway and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Knaresborough.[2]

Goldsborough Cold Store, one of forty built during the Second World War at road and rail links, still in use as a storage depot

Flaxby was once part of the wapentake of Claro.[3] It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Goldsborough (St Mary).[4]

In 1994, an Early Iron Age farmstead of the 7th–6th centuries BC was discovered by archaeologists, but the site was abandoned until the late Roman period.[5]

Proposals have been put forward to develop the land to the east of Flaxby, north of the A59 road and west of the A1(M) motorway into a new town called Flaxby Park. The developers have announced their intention to build 2,500 - 3,000 homes on 440 acres (180 ha) of land that would also see a primary school, a medical centre, leisure facilities and numerous shops and bars.[6] The development would also include a bus park and ride system with the possibility of a new railway station on the York to Harrogate line. A railway station has already been proposed at Flaxby Moor (south of the A59) but in 2014, a feasibility study of new stations predicted a low demand of passenger numbers from a new station on the line.[7][8]

In 2017, Harrogate Borough Council opted to put forward a housing scheme at nearby Cattal called Maltkiln, instead of the development at Flaxby.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "104" (Map). Leeds & Bradford (C1 ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2002. ISBN 0-319-22704-9.
  3. ↑ Historic details: Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. p. 242.
  4. ↑ "Ecclesiastical parish web site".
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Monument No. 1128327". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Plans for a new town unveiled". Darlington and Stockton Times. 19 August 2016. p. 11. OCLC 405979109.
  7. ↑ "Flaxby Park". Flaxby Park. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "New Railway Stations in North and West Yorkshire Feasibility Study" (PDF). wymetro. Atkins. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Kitchen, Ruby (3 June 2017). "Village chosen as favourite for 3,000 houses". The Yorkshire Post. p. 7. ISSN 0963-1496.

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