Walden Stubbs

Walden Stubbs
A farm on the street through Walden Stubbs
Walden Stubbs is located in North Yorkshire
Walden Stubbs
Walden Stubbs
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE551168
Civil parish
  • Walden Stubbs
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN6
Dialling code01302
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°38′42″N 1°10′04″W / 53.64501°N 1.16775°W / 53.64501; -1.16775

Walden Stubbs is a small, rural village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.[1] At the 2011 Census, the population was less than 100, so the details are included in the civil parish of Womersley.[2] Situated close to the border with South Yorkshire, and north of Doncaster, it is 7 miles (11 km) south east of Pontefract,[3] and lies close to the River Went,[4] which rises at Featherstone.[5]

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it is described as consisting of seven households and two ploughlands.[6] The name of the village derives from either Old German, Waldin or the Old English son of Walda. The second part, Stubbs is the Old English term for tree stumps.[7]

The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[8]

The Askern Branch Line runs through this village, which has two level crossings. This rail line now carries freight and passenger trains from London Kings Cross to Bradford Interchange. There is also the occasional diverted passenger train from the East Coast Main Line.[9]

  1. ^ "Parishes - south | Selby District Council". www.selby.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Womersley Parish (E04007783)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ "History of Walden Stubbs, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Genuki: WOMERSLEY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868., Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Went from Source to Hoyle Mill Stream Overview". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. ^ "[Walden] Stubbs | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 451. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  8. ^ "History of Walden Stubbs, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Railfuture Yorkshire" (PDF). railfuture.org.uk. April 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 6 September 2019.