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from 1760 to 1768 and the house was named by him. Shandy Hall is on Thirsk Bank at the north-western end of the village and was originally built in 1430 as a parsonage for Coxwold's village priest. It is a small brick building with a mossy, stone-covered roof, wide gables and massive chimney-stacks.
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In 1304 the fifth Sir Thomas Colville 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.
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with an unusual octagonal west tower and is dedicated to St Michael. The chancel features a unique tongue-shaped communion rail (early 18th century). Laurence Sterne was appointed vicar in 1760.
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According to the 1881 UK Census the population was 313. The 2001 UK Census put the population at 185, 161 being over the age of sixteen and 92 of those in employment.
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Most of the buildings in the village are on a slight incline, with the church at the top. At the bottom of the hill was the village smithy, now a holiday cottage. The
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Successive generations of Colvilles held the estate and lands of Coxwold until 1405 when the eighth Thomas Colville was murdered, probably on the instructions of
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It was originally a timber-framed open-hall house but was considerably altered in the 17th century. The stone tablet above the doorway states that Sterne wrote
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electoral district of North Yorkshire County Council. It is also in the White Horse ward of Hambleton District Council, which returns one councillor. A new
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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
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Green's Beck runs south-westwards through the village to join Mill Beck, form Elphin Beck and eventually flow into the
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The seventh Sir Thomas Colville (of Yearsley and Coxwold) became famous following a jousting incident before the
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Since 700 AD Coxwold has had a church at the top of the hill. The present church was built in 1420 in the
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The village had a primary school from 1863 until 1974. It is in the primary-education catchment area of
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Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890
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The nearest villages to Coxwold are Husthwaite 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the south-west,
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2.4 miles (3.9 km) to the west, Kilburn 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-west,
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While in possession of the Coxwold estate the Colville family made generous grants to
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but at the turn of the fourteenth century there were disputes between the monks of
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Coxwold is in the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is part of the
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at Shandy Hall. This is not entirely accurate, for two (of the nine) volumes of
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Church of England School and in the secondary-education catchment area of
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had already been published in 1759 before Sterne moved to Coxwold.
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is on the main street. It bears the arms and motto of
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and the Colvilles over rights to land around Coxwold.
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Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
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St Michael's Church
Coxwold is located in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
2011 census
OS grid reference
SE534771
Civil parish
Unitary authority
North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county
North Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
YO61
Dialling code
Police
North Yorkshire
Fire
North Yorkshire
Ambulance
Yorkshire
UK Parliament
Thirsk and Malton
UK

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