Flaxby

Flaxby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A1(M) motorway and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Knaresborough.^[2]

Flaxby
Flaxby
Flaxby Location within North Yorkshire
Population	156 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	SE395578
Civil parish	Flaxby
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KNARESBOROUGH
Postcode district	HG5
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°00′54″N 1°23′53″W / 54.01509°N 1.39796°W / 54.01509; -1.39796

Goldsborough Cold Store, one of forty built during the Second World War at road and rail links, still in use as a storage depot

Flaxby was once part of the wapentake of Claro.^[3] It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Goldsborough (St Mary).^[4]

In 1994, an Early Iron Age farmstead of the 7th–6th centuries BC was discovered by archaeologists, but the site was abandoned until the late Roman period.^[5]

Proposals have been put forward to develop the land to the east of Flaxby, north of the A59 road and west of the A1(M) motorway into a new town called Flaxby Park. The developers have announced their intention to build 2,500 - 3,000 homes on 440 acres (180 ha) of land that would also see a primary school, a medical centre, leisure facilities and numerous shops and bars.^[6] The development would also include a bus park and ride system with the possibility of a new railway station on the York to Harrogate line. A railway station has already been proposed at Flaxby Moor (south of the A59) but in 2014, a feasibility study of new stations predicted a low demand of passenger numbers from a new station on the line.^[7][8]

In 2017, Harrogate Borough Council opted to put forward a housing scheme at nearby Cattal called Maltkiln, instead of the development at Flaxby.^[9]

Modular house-builder Ilke Homes built a factory at Flaxby which was opened by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire in December 2018.^[10][11] The factory was closed in June 2023^[12] just before the company went into administration with the loss of over 1,100 jobs.^[13][14][15]

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 August 2015.
2. "104" (Map). Leeds & Bradford (C1 ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2002. ISBN 0-319-22704-9.
3. Historic details: Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. p. 242.
4. "Ecclesiastical parish web site".
5. Historic England. "Monument No. 1128327". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
6. "Plans for a new town unveiled". Darlington and Stockton Times. 19 August 2016. p. 11. OCLC 405979109.
7. "Flaxby Park". Flaxby Park. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
8. (PDF). wymetro. Atkins. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
9. Kitchen, Ruby (3 June 2017). "Village chosen as favourite for 3,000 houses". The Yorkshire Post. p. 7. ISSN 0963-1496.
10. "Ilke Homes opens first modular homes factory in Yorkshire". PBC Today. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
11. "ilke Homes opens new modular house factory". Zenoot. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
12. Morby, Aaron (9 June 2023). "Ilke Homes put up for sale in battle to save modular builder". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
13. Gardiner, Joey (30 June 2023). "Ilke Homes sinks into administration with most of firm's 1,100 staff set to lose their jobs". Building. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
14. Riding, James (30 June 2023). "Modular house builder Ilke Homes enters administration with majority of staff to be made redundant". Inside Housing. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
15. Morby, Aaron (30 June 2023). "Ilke Homes falls into administration". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

External links

  Media related to Flaxby at Wikimedia Commons