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Acaster Malbis (
The Latin word for a camp is 'castra' indicating that the Roman army may once have been based here. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Acastre". The 'Malbis' is derived from the Norman Malbysse or De Malebys family. Malbis was a Norman personal name that in French means "very swarthy".[2]
There was a Royal Air Force station next to the village during and immediately after the Second World War.
According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 578, increasing to 669 at the 2011 census.[1] There are two churches and an inn in the village. The village is also the home for a holiday park.
The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It was then a part of the district of Selby District in North Yorkshire from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.[3]
History
Early history
The land on which the village stands was named by the
The village is mentioned in the
In 1314, John De Malbysse was appointed as a Sheriff of the County. His daughter married into the Fairfax family who then inherited the lands after the deaths of John De Malbysse and his son Walter. The Fairfax family held the estates until 1745 when it was sold to Lady Dawes and was eventually inherited by Lord Wenlock.[6]
During the English Civil War, the city of York was under siege from Scottish and Parliamentarian Armies. They had settled around the city in a great arc, with Lord Thomas Fairfax's army to the east and the Scots to the south and west. A bridge of boats, similar to those constructed at Nether Poppleton, was constructed over the River Ouse at Acaster Malbis to allow communications between the two armies.[9]
RAF Acaster Malbis
RAF Acaster Malbis, situated between the villages of Acaster Malbis and Acaster Selby, was commissioned in 1942. Originally it was a grass airfield used by the No 601 Squadron Auxiliary Air Force from 6 January 1942 until April of that year. They flew American Bell P39 Airacobra fighter planes. From 6 April 1942 until the beginning of 1943 No 15 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit was established here to train recently qualified pilots to convert to twin-engine aeroplanes using the Airspeed Oxford aircraft.
On 25 January 1943 the airfield was reconstructed into a full size 'Class A’ bomber station, with three concrete runways, steel hangars and new administration buildings. Initially the airfield was used as a relief landing ground for heavy bombers stationed at
After the end of the war, RAF Acaster Malbis was home to
Governance
Acaster Malbis lies in the
Demography
In 1848 the population of the village was recorded as 322, just under half of the whole population of the parish of the same name.
Population[13][14] | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | 2011 |
Total | 265 | 286 | 291 | 282 | 322 | 231 | 264 | 243 | 227 | 222 | 225 | 271 | 959 | 271 | 578 | 669 |
Community
There are few amenities in the village save for the 17th-century
The owners of the inn have reported a number of incidents allegedly involving ghosts.[17][18][19]
Transport
Education
Acaster Malbis used to have brick built school, founded by John Knowles in 1603.[6][21] As of 2010, primary education is provided at Archbishop of York's CE Junior School[22] in Bishopthorpe.
The village is in the Secondary School catchment area for Fulford School and Millthorpe School in York and also for Tadcaster Grammar School.[23]
Religion
There are two churches in the village. Holy Trinity Church, the Church of England parish church, stands on the site of the original Norman Church. In 1360 the estates of the Malbysse family passed into the hands of the Fairfax family, who pulled the old church down. The church stands a little way out of the village on the road to Bishopthorpe.[6] It is a Grade I listed building.[24]
There is also a Methodist Church in the centre of the village, founded in 1880.[6]
Gallery
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Methodist Church
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The River Ouse at Acaster Malbis
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The gate folly in Acaster Malbis
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Malbis name". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "History of Acaster Malbis, in York and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Roman History". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Anglo-Saxon Owner". Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
- ^ "Acaster [Malbis] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org.
- ^ "Jewish Massacre in York". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Civil War". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "RAF Station". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Ward Councillor". Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Population 19th century". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Population at Cenuses". Vision of Britain. 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "2001 UK Census". Office for National Statistics. 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Ship Inn". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Ship Inn pub at Acaster Malbis reopens following major refurbishment scheme". York Press. 19 May 2009.
- ^ "Another York pub, The Ship Inn, Acaster Malbis, plagued by ghosts". York Press. 13 June 2009.
- ^ Yorkshire, I'm From (3 October 2022). "Acaster Malbis".
- ^ "The Ship Inn, Acaster Malbis – Mysterious Britain & Ireland". 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Bus service". Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Old School". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Archbishop of York's School". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Guide to School Catchment Areas" (PDF). york.gov.uk. p. 4. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (1148450)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
External links
- Media related to Acaster Malbis at Wikimedia Commons
- Acaster [Malbis] in the Domesday Book