Chapel Haddlesey is a village and
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 ...
in the county of
North Yorkshire
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, England. The village is just east off the
A19 road, which crosses the
River Aire
The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, in length. Part of the river below Leeds is canalised, and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation.
The ''Handbook for Leeds and Airedale'' (1890) notes that the distance from Malha ...
on Haddlesey Bridge.
The village used to be in the Barkston Ash Wapentake and up until 1974, it was in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of
Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 17,193.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, ...
, it is now administered by the unitary
North Yorkshire Council
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.
Overview
At the west end of the village is the
Church of England
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primary school, which has an age range of 4–11, and an average of 50 pupils on the roster.
St John the Baptist's Church, Haddlesey is at the east end of the village. The church was built in 1836 on the site of a previous religious house that dated back to the 14th century. Originally the church was a
chapel of ease
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to trav ...
, as it was part of the parish of
Birkin. It formed its own parish, along with the nearby villages of
Temple Hirst and
Hirst Courtney in 1873.
Boats used to travel up the River Aire to the south of the village and a weir and lock (Haddlesey Old Lock) were constructed in 1702. The lock became redundant upon the opening of the
Selby Canal in 1778, but the weir was kept in place to allow headwaters to build up and keep the mouth from the canal at Selby in deep water. The canal mouth is at
West Haddlesey, which is just to the west of Chapel Haddlesey.
In 2016, Haddlesey Old Lock was converted into a hydro power station to generate enough electricity for 440 homes. The bottom of the lock is also the normal tidal limit for the River Aire.
See also
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Listed buildings in Chapel Haddlesey
References
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Villages in North Yorkshire
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