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Kirk Hammerton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Nidd and the A59 road, 10 miles (16 km) west of York. The village suffix refers to the Hamerton family who owned the land until the 16th century. Historically, Kirk Hammerton was an ecclesiastical parish in the Upper division of the Claro Wapentake and also in the Ainsty Wapentake, the administration covering the rural area to the west and south of the City of York. According to the references from the 1820s sourced by GENUKI, Kirk Hammerton included the hamlet of Wilstrop. Wilstrop became a separate civil parish in 1866 and was linked from 1894 to Wetherby Rural District because it was located on the south side of the River Nidd. From 1894 until 1938, Kirk Hammerton was located in Great Ouseburn Rural District and from 1938 until 1974 in Nidderdale Rural District. In 1974 the area became part of the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire. [edit] History
(H)ambretone, a place-name reflected now in both Kirk Hammerton ("Hammerton with the church", from the Old Norse kirkja = "church") and Green Hammerton ("Hammerton with the green", from Middle English grene), is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name seems to derive from the Old English plant-name hamor (whose meaning is not certain but might include hammer-sedge or pellitory of the wall) + tūn 'settlement, farm, estate'. The course of Rudgate, a Roman road, passes the village. The lands of the parish used to be held by the Hamerton family of Hellifield Peel Castle, part of their estate stretching from Slaidburn to York. Sir Stephen Hamerton was executed for treason at Tyburn in 1536 for participating in the Pilgrimage of Grace. Being of knightly rank, Sir Stephen was hanged and beheaded, but not drawn and quartered, and his lands seized by the crown. His son Henry died on 3 August 1537, and was buried in York Minster. Joan, the widow of Henry, died on 3 January 1538, leaving two infant children; Elizabeth, the widow of Sir Stephen, died on 3 May 1538, and was buried at Slaidburn. The Hellifield estates were held by the Crown until 1546, when they were granted out to George Brown, Esq., to be held by the King, in capita, for the sum of £292-9-2. In 1553 Sir Arthur Darcy, knight, bought the manor of Hellified and 12 messuages and a watermill, from George Brown and his wife. In 1556-7 the property passed into the hands of Anthony Watson and John Redman, both of whom were connected with the Hamertons by marriage. After much legal procedure, the Hellifield estates were alienated in 1561, and following a fine levied at Westminster, they were returned to the Hamertons in the person of John Hamerton, Esq., nephew of Sir Stephen. The village and nearby Green Hammerton still bear their name. On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village. The page, Great Ouseburn Rural District, has an outline map of all the civil parishes in the district. [edit] Research Tips
Categories: West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Kirk Hammerton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Ainsty Wapentake, Yorkshire, England | Claro Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Great Ouseburn Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Nidderdale Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, England | North Yorkshire, England |