Population 265 (2011) Civil parish Hessay | OS grid reference SE523533 Local time Friday 4:59 PM | |
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Hessay is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England 4.7 miles (7.5 km) west of York.
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Map of Hessay, York, UK
History
Hessay is described in the Domesday Book at Hesdesai, the lake where the hazels grew.
Hessay used to have a railway station on the Harrogate Line. The station closed to passengers in 1958, but the Ministry of Defence sidings at Hessay were open until 1991 with closure of the unit effected by March 1996.
According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 181, increasing to 265 at the 2011 Census. Before 1996 it had been part of the Harrogate district. Recent developments have increased the population to a larger figure though the actual figure is not known. There are approximately sixty houses in Hessay and about 15 have been built in the last 4 years.
Churches
Although the village has no pub, no post office and no shop, it has two fine churches - St. John the Baptist Anglican church and the Methodist church. The village was given to the St Mary's Abbey, York by Osbern de Archis and continued in their possession until The Dissolution.
Centre of Yorkshire
In February 2012 the parish of Hessay was deduced to be at the geographical centre of Yorkshire by Ordnance Survey. However, four years earlier, the honour was bestowed upon Cattal further west, with the ash tree at Barkston Ash also being pointed out as being the centre of Yorkshire.