Market Weighton
Market Weighton | |
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OS grid reference | SE879417 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | YORK |
Postcode district | YO43 |
Dialling code | 01430 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Market Weighton (
History
The 19th-century English lexicographer
The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long-distance footpath, passes through the town.
Governance
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Market Weighton Town Council | |
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Town Council | |
Leadership | |
Cllr Lionel Cashin | |
Cllr Diane Peaks | |
Kevin Keller | |
Structure | |
Seats | 13 Councillors Plurality-at-large |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
Meeting place | |
Town Hall, Market Weighton | |
Website | |
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As a
In 2003, after some local consultation, the Weighton Area Regeneration Partnership (WARP) adopted a slogan and logo, 'The Heart of East Yorkshire', intended to indicate both its central location in the county and the strength of the local community.[5] WARP was dissolved in 2012 but the phrase continued in use to promote the area and on local signage.
Landmarks
Market Weighton has three churches. These are the All Saints Church, St John's Methodist Church and the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The church dedicated to All Saints was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[6]
Transport
Market Weighton railway station was at the junction of the lines to Selby, Driffield, York and Beverley. The last train ran in 1965.[7] The abandoned lines to Beverley and to Selby are now used as public paths as the Hudson Way and Bubwith Rail Trail, respectively.
Bus services, provided by
The three-mile £5.1 million A1079 bypass opened in March 1991.
The Minsters Rail Campaign is campaigning to re-open the railway line between Beverley and York (with stops at Stamford Bridge, Pocklington and Market Weighton). The re-opened railway would skirt the edge of the town, as the former alignment has since been built over.[8]
Media
Local news and television programmes are provided by
Local radio stations are
The town is served by the local newspaper, Hull Daily Mail.[11]
Business
In the 1960s and 1970s Market Weighton had a Rolls-Royce and Bentley dealership owned by Robert B Massey and Company Ltd.[12]
Notable people
- William Bradley (1787–1820), tallest ever Briton[13]
- Barbara Foxley (1860–1958), suffragist and professor of education[14]
- William Umpleby Kirk (1843–1928), photographer
- cricketer[15]
- Hilda Lyon (1896–1946), engineer who invented the Lyon Shape[16]
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Market Weighton Parish (1543504265)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "History". Market Weighton Town Council. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Councillors". Market Weighton Town Council. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Town Launches Own Logo". BBC News Humber. BBC News Online. 21 June 2003. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1160460)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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- ^ "Market Weighton station location". Minsters Rail Campaign. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Vixen 101". Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Hull Daily Mail". British Papers. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "CalmView: Overview". unilever-archives.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "This Giant remains among friends" (PDF). The West In View. June 2006. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58474. Retrieved 29 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Frank Mitchell's obituary". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1936. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ WISE. "Inspiration | Women in Aviation, the female inventor of the 'Lyon Shape'". www.wisecampaign.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.
External links
- Market Weighton in the Domesday Book