Boltby is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

Hambleton District Hambleton is a local government district in North Yorkshire, England. The administrative centre is Northallerton, and the district includes the outlying towns and villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley, and Easingwold. The dist ...

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, England. It is on the edge of the

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National Park at , and about north-east of

Thirsk Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England known for its racecourse; quirky yarnbomber displays, and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby. History Archeological fin ...

. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 143. There are nine

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structures in Boltby including a bridge over Gurtof Beck. Ravensthorpe Manor House, built in the mid

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, is situate west of the village.

History

Boltby is mentioned in the ''

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'' as ''Boltebi'' in the ''Yalestre'' hundred. After the Norman invasion, the land was owned by ''Hugh, son of Baldric''. He granted Lordship of the local manor to ''Gerald of Boltby''. Previously the Lord of the manor was ''Sumarlithi, son of Karli''. Fewer than five new houses have been built in the village in the 20th century, giving a total of 43 in 2005. The eastern part of the Boltby was affected by flooding in 2005 when Gurtof Beck overflowed and damaged or destroyed buildings. Local reports were of water levels up to 3m deep.

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is part of the Thirsk electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Whitestonecliffe ward of Hambleton District Council. The parish shares a grouped parish council, known as Hillside Parish Council, with the civil parishes of

Cowesby Cowesby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. Part of the village including The Cowesby Hall Estate is within the North York Moors National Park and about north of Thirsk. The population of the c ...

Felixkirk Felixkirk is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated about three miles north-east of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 100 in 2014. History The vill ...

Kirby Knowle Kirby Knowle is a village and civil parish in Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North Yorkshire Moors and near Upsall, about 4 miles north-east of Thirsk. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, ...

and

Upsall Upsall is a hamlet in and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately four miles north-east of Thirsk. Upsall is part of the Upsall and Roxby estates owned by the Turton family. The populat ...

Geography

According to the 1881 UK Census, the population was 317. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 149, of which 124 were over the age of sixteen with 81 in employment. There are 70 dwellings of which 52 are detached. The population at the 2011 Census had reduced slightly to 143. The low level geology of the area is of Devensian

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on beds of lower

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. The village lies west of the

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. The village is located south-east of

; north-east of

; north of

Thirlby Thirlby is a village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. With a population of about 120 in 2003, measured at 134 at the 2011 Census, Thirlby is situated approximately east of Thirsk. Unlike its near neighbo ...

and north-west of

Cold Kirby Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 census (including Angram Grange) was 205. It is in the North York Moors, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank Sutton ...

which are the nearest settlements.

Religion

There is one church in the village, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. This present building was constructed on the site of 1409 and 1802 structures. Parish registers date from around 1600.

Ravensthorpe

About south of the village and to the immediate north-west of Tang Hall Farm (also known as Ravensthorpe Mill), is the site of the mediaeval moated castle or fortified

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of Ravensthorpe, listed three times as a subsidiary manor in the

of 1086, as ''Ravenestorp'' and ''Ravenetorp''. In 1272 it consisted of a capital messuage and six tofts, with a watermill. The manorial mill survives as Ravensthorpe Mill.

William de Cantilupe, 1st Baron Cantilupe William de Cantilupe, 1st Baron Cantilupe (1262-1308) of Greasley Castle in Nottinghamshire and of Ravensthorpe Castle in the parish of Boltby, North Yorkshire, was created Baron Cantilupe in 1299 by King Edward I. He was one of the magnate ...

(1262–1308) signed and sealed the

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as ''Willelmus de Cantilupo, Dominus de Ravenesthorp''. He had inherited the manor on his second marriage, to Eve de Bolteby, second daughter and co-heiress of Adam de Bolteby of Ravensthorpe and Boltby and of Langley in Northumberland, and widow successively of Alan de Walkingham (d.1283) of Cowthorpe, Yorkshire and Richard Knout (d.1291). Cantilupe's other seats included Greasley in Nottinghamshire; Ilkeston in Derbyshire and Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire. His

inquisition post mortem An Inquisition post mortem (abbreviated to Inq.p.m. or i.p.m., and formerly known as an escheat) (Latin, meaning "(inquisition) after death") is an English medieval or early modern record of the death, estate and heir of one of the king's tenants-in ...

of 1308 records that his manor of Ravensthorpe contained 24 bovates of demesne land; one free tenant; 29 cottars; five bondmen holding four bovates each, and three holding three bovates each. The watermill was worth £5 per annum. In 1362, on the death of Joan (widow of Sir William de Kyme), second wife and widow of

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(d.1355), Ravensthorpe passed under an

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to Sir William de Cantilupe (1344–1375), the younger of the two sons of William de Cantilupe, 4th Baron Cantilupe (1325–1375). On the death of Sir William de Cantilupe in 1375, Ravensthorpe passed to Sir Robert de Ros of Ingmanthorpe, from whom it escheated to the crown in 1377, passing in purparties to William la Zouche the younger and Sir Reynold Grey of Ruthin, in 1390 and 1391 respectively.

Boltby Reservoir

Boltby Reservoir is north-west of Boltby village and opened in 1882. It is deep and covers an area of collecting water from a catchment area of . The reservoir was originally constructed on Ravensthorpe Estate by Thirsk and District Water Company to supply

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and

Romanby Romanby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. Romanby is situated just south-west of Northallerton, and at the 2001 UK census had a population of 6,051, increasing to 6,177 at the 2011 Census. The ...

. Romanby's water flowed through a pipe laid alongside the railway line from Thirsk and was supplied separately from the remainder of

Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increase ...

for many years. Thirsk and District Water Company subsequently enlarged the original reservoir and distribution network of pipes to supply other villages, and the

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s established around Thirsk during

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. A 1964 water quality emergency caused by absent

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required

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be despatched across the supply area warning residents not to drink the unsafe Boltby water. Supply ceased to be drawn from the reservoir and operation / ownership was involuntarily transferred to Ryedale Joint

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. As of 2012, remaining operation of the facility is in the hands of Ryedale Joint Water Board's successor,

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. Although now without a

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, the village had four during construction of the

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leading to incidents of unrest on site. A legacy of late

negotiations to construct the reservoir is an obligation upon successor water companies to provide a free water supply ''in perpetuity'' to Boltby residents.