| Fulford | |
|---|---|
 Main Street, Fulford | |
.svg)  Fulford Location withinNorth Yorkshire | |
| Population | 2,785 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE608495 |
| • London | 175 mi (282 km) S |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO10, YO19 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | www |
| 53°56′17″N1°04′23″W / 53.938000°N 1.073000°W /53.938000; -1.073000 | |
Fulford is a historic village andcivil parish on the outskirts ofYork, within theYork district, in the ceremonial county ofNorth Yorkshire, England. It is located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the city, on the east bank of theRiver Ouse.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,785.[1] It is home toImphal Barracks, headquarters of theBritish Army's15th Infantry Brigade; soldiers and their families live in married quarters outside the barracks. Fulford is a headquarters for theRoyal Military Police.
Fulford was the site of theBattle of Fulford won by the invadingVikings in 1066, a precursor to the nearbyBattle of Stamford Bridge lost by the Vikings, and then theBattle of Hastings inSussex won by the invading Normans in the following weeks.
St Oswald's Hall, the former church, was built about 1150, on a site near the Ouse, west of the current village centre. A new St Oswald's Church was built, on a different site, in 1866, and the old church also survives.[2]
Cavalry barracks were established in Fulford as early as 1795 but these have now been largely demolished.[3] The infantry barracks, now known asImphal Barracks were built between 1877 and 1880.[3]
Fulford Cross, a 15th-centuryGrade II listed boundary cross stands opposite the barracks, beyond the present parish boundary.[4] The cross has been removed, but anoctagonal shaft on a three-stepped pedestal remains.
In 1823 Fulford, known as "Fulford Gate", was a village in the parish of Fulford Ambo in theEast Riding of Yorkshire and theWapentake ofOuse and Derwent. Population at the time was 182, with occupations including two farmers, twoblacksmiths, twowheelwrights, two shoemakers, a butcher, a tailor, a shopkeeper, a coal dealer, a corn miller, and thelandlords of The Light Horseman, The Saddle, The Board, The Plough, and The Bay Horsepublic houses. Also within the village was a druggist, a manufacturing chemist, a schoolmaster, ninegentlemen, three gentlewomen, two bankers and sevenyeomen. A school existed for 20 boys and girls. Within the parish of Fulford Ambo, and 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south of Fulford Gate, was the settlement of Fulford Water, with a population of 35 which included three farmers, and a gentleman at the Hall.[5]
The ancient parish of Fulford consisted of twotownships, Gate Fulford (also known as Over Fulford) in the north and Water Fulford (also known as Nether Fulford) to the south. From the two townships the parish took the name of Fulfords Ambo in the 19th century. The two townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. In 1900 the civil parish of Gate Fulford was abolished and absorbed into the city of York.[6] The civil parish of Water Fulford was renamed Fulford in 1935.[7]
In 1974 Fulford was transferred from the East Riding of Yorkshire toSelby District in the new county of North Yorkshire. In 1996 the parish was transferred to the City of York unitary authority.[8]
According to the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 2,595.[9] The modern village incorporates the old settlements of Water Fulford to the south and Gate Fulford on the road to York. The currentcivil parish is co-terminous with the unitary authority ward boundary. The parish is much reduced in size, having once extended north up theA19 past FulfordBarracks as far as Heslington Road and includingYork Cemetery. Between Fulford and the university isWalmgate Stray. Low-lying land near theRiver Ouse is prone to flooding.[10]
Theparish council maintains a website with local information which includes a directory of organisations and shops, a list of links and contact details for services, a guide to local issues and a record of parish council minutes.[11]
Schools in the area includeSt. Oswald'sPrimary School andFulford School, aMathematics and Computing College.
Fulford main street is theA19. Near the intersection stands the York Designer Outletshopping mall. A pedestrianMillennium Bridge with acycle path was opened in 2001, linking Fulford to theSouth Bank area of York on the other side of the river.[12] Several bus services operate between York and Fulford.
Fulford Golf Club, which celebrated itscentenary in 2006, was home to theBenson and Hedges International Open between 1971 and 1989. During the 1981 tournament,Bernard Langer climbed 20 feet (6.1 m) up anash tree by the 17th green to play his third shot.[13][14]York City F.C. were once based in Fulford, at theirFulfordgate stadium, before moving to the currentBootham Crescent stadium in 1932. The area is now occupied by Eastward Avenue and lies close toFulford School.
A 6.4 miles (10.3 km) longscale model of theSolar System starts across the Ouse, west of Fulford, and runs viaNaburn toRiccall along a disused railway line from York toSelby, now a Sustranscycle path and part of theWhite Rose cycle route.[15]
Besides having theMinster Way and theWilberforce Way,[16] the route ofThe White Rose Way, a long-distance walk fromLeeds toScarborough also passes through Fulford.[17]
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