Helperthorpe Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.1202°N -0.543°W
Official Name:Helperthorpe
Static Image:Helperthorpe, North Yorkshire.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Looking north-east from the grounds of St Peter's Church
Civil Parish:Luttons
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Thirsk and Malton
Post Town:MALTON
Postcode District:YO17
Postcode Area:YO
Os Grid Reference:SE953703

Helperthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Luttons, in North Yorkshire, England. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes through it.[1]

The village is north west of Driffield and east of Malton.[2]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 123.[3] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Luttons Ambo to form "Luttons",[4] The population of the Luttons at the 2011 census was 411, with an estimated population of 430 in 2015.[5]

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it had five households and a church.[6] It is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.[7]

Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire and from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district.

Parish church

The parish church of St Peter was until the late 19th century a medieval building. In 1871–73 it was rebuilt by Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere.[8] The architect for the new building was G. E. Street who included a spire based on the English Gothic of . There are three richly decorated roofs over the nave, chancel and ground floor of the tower (the latter being used as the baptistery). A full set of stained glass windows was supplied by Clayton & Bell but this was replaced less than 20 years later. The irreparably damaged font was buried in the floor below a new one.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genuki: HELPERTHORPE: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding) . www.genuki.org.uk . 13 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Genuki Gazetteer - Nearby Places . www.genuki.org.uk . 13 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Population statistics Helperthorpe AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 25 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Driffield Registration District. UKBMD. 25 November 2023.
  5. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . 13 May 2019 . 15 . 4 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf . dead .
  6. Web site: Helperthorpe Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 13 May 2019.
  7. News: First World War 'Thankful Village' relatives sought . 13 May 2019 . Gazette & Herald . 26 June 2013.
  8. Web site: St Peters - A Church Near You . www.achurchnearyou.com . 13 May 2019.
  9. Goodall, John (2015). Parish Church Treasures. London: Bloomsbury; p. 238