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Pickhill is a village in
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England, west of
Thirsk Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England; it is known for its racecourse and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby. History Archeological finds indicate there was a settlement in Thirsk aro ...
. It is a part of the
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of Pickhill with Roxby.


History

The
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, ''
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'', passed close to the village following the route of the modern
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. The village is mentioned in the ''
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'' as ''Picala''. The manor at the time of the Norman invasion was split between ''Sprot'' and ''Thor''. Afterwards it passed to Count Alan of Brittany. Up to the 16th century, the manor was largely owned by the ''Neville'' family, with some having been given to Fountains Abbey. Thereafter it was split in two and was the possession of the ''Byerley'' and ''Meynell'' families until the 18th century. Pickhill with Roxby was a large
ancient parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, which comprised the
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s of
Ainderby Quernhow Ainderby Quernhow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the B6267 Thirsk to Masham road just east of the A1(M) and is about five miles west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was esti ...
, Holme,
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, Pickhill with Roxby, Sinderby and Swainby with Allerthorpe. All these townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. The village used to have a station in the North Eastern Railway region on the Ripon to Northallerton Line. The old Station House can be found on Cross Lane. It was functioning between March 1875 and September 1959. On 22 September 2024 Out Together held "Out on the Farm", their first joint event at a farm in the area, which celebrated LGBTQ people in rural areas of North Yorkshire, and provided a safe space for them to meet.


Roxby

Roxby is a
deserted medieval village In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the conve ...
about west of the village, recorded in 1198. By the 20th century it was reduced to a single farmhouse, Roxby House. The farmhouse was demolished in 1994 to make way for the construction of the
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.


Governance

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary
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. Until 2023, Pickhill was part of the
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parliamentary constituency. It was removed and added to the expanded Thirsk and Malton Constituency, in part due to areas from that constituency being created into a new seat of
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.


Geography

The village is located a mile east of the A1(M), and its nearest neighbours are Sinderby to the south, Holme to the south-east and
Ainderby Quernhow Ainderby Quernhow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the B6267 Thirsk to Masham road just east of the A1(M) and is about five miles west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was esti ...
to the south. Pickhill Beck runs through the village before joining the nearby
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. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 411, of which 318 were over the age of sixteen years. There were 157 dwellings of which 112 were detached.


Education

The village has one school, Pickhill CE Primary School, which is within the catchment area of Thirsk School for secondary education.


Religion

There is a church in the village dedicated to ''All Saints''. Built around the 12th century, it is a Grade II* listed building that has been restored several times. There was a Wesleyan Chapel erected in the village around 1864, now disused.


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