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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Hipswell
| coordinates              = {{coord|54.380|-1.719|display=inline,title}}
| population               = 5,388
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217155|title=Hipswell Parish |accessdate=5 October 2018}}</ref>
| civil_parish             = Hipswell<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hipswellparishcouncil.co.uk/|title=Hipswell Parish Council > Home|publisher=Hipswell Parish Council
|accessdate=29 December 2020}}</ref>
| unitary_england          = [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]]
| lieutenancy_england      = [[North Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]]
| post_town                = CATTERICK GARRISON
| postcode_district        = DL9
| postcode_area            = DL
| dial_code                = 01748
| os_grid_reference        = SE183983
| static_image_name        = St John the Evangelist Church, Hipswell.jpg
| static_image_caption     = St John the Evangelist Church, Hipswell
}}
'''Hipswell''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[North Yorkshire (district)]] of the county of the same name. The civil parish mainly comprises the northern part of [[Catterick Garrison]].  The village of Hipswell is at the eastern end of the civil parish, and effectively forms a suburb of Catterick Garrison.
== History ==
Hipswell was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 as being in the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of "Land of [[Count Alan of Brittany|Count Alan]]" and the county of [[Yorkshire]], the population was estimated at 6 households.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hipswell {{!}} Domesday Book|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE1898/hipswell/|access-date=25 July 2020|website=opendomesday.org}}</ref> In the 1320s it was the birthplace of noted English theologian [[John Wycliffe]], leader of the [[Lollardy|Lollard Movement]].
Hipswell was historically a [[Township (England)|township]] in the [[ancient parish]] of [[Catterick, North Yorkshire|Catterick]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]]'' described Hipswell as:<blockquote>a township and a chapelry in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on Rysdale beck, near its influx to the Swale, and near the Richmond railway, 2 miles SE of Richmond; and is in the parish of Catterick. Acres, 2, 785. Real property, £2, 768. Pop., 260. Houses, 53.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Hipswell, in Richmondshire and North Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12909|access-date=25 July 2020|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref></blockquote>Situated close to the church, Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century manor house, with alterations dated 1596 with the initials "GW" for [[George Wandesford]], possibly originally part of a fortified house, built for the Fulthorpe family.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1179639|desc=Hipswell Hall|accessdate=29 December 2020}}</ref>
==Governance==
Hipswell lies within the [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]] parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. The current Member of Parliament, since the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], is [[Rishi Sunak]]. An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] for [[Richmondshire District Council]] in the same name exists; this ward stretches north almost to [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 5,610.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1237325134|title=Hipswell Ward (as of 2011)|accessdate=5 October 2018}}</ref>
== Community and culture ==
Hipswell Church of England Primary School which caters for nearly 200 pupils,<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://hipswell.n-yorks.sch.uk/|access-date=25 July 2020|website=Hipswell Church Of England Primary School}}</ref> is the local primary education provider, [[Risedale School]] is also located in Hipswell, which provides secondary and further education for the surrounding Garrison area. The village hall was originally built in 1919, but was re-erected in 1929 after a fire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hipswell Village Hall {{!}} History|url=http://www.spanglefish.com/hipswellvillagehall/index.asp?pageid=405759|access-date=25 July 2020|website=www.spanglefish.com}}</ref>[[File:Hipswell Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1390356.jpg|left|thumb|Hipswell Hall]]
=== Religion ===
Hipswell [[ecclesiastical parish]] is formed by the villages of Hipswell with Colburn and Scotton. Hipswell is served by the church of St. John the Evangelist, Hipswell Road, Hipswell.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hello and Welcome|url=http://www.hipswellparish.org.uk|accessdate=7 June 2010|publisher=The Churches of Hipswell Parish}}</ref>
Hipswell churchyard was the initial burial ground for soldiers from Catterick Garrison and its Military Hospital in the [[First World War]]. It contains the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|war graves]] of 64 service personnel from that war and of 2 British soldiers from the [[Second World War]]. A screen wall lists those whose graves are not marked by headstones.<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/55882/HIPSWELL%20(ST.%20JOHN)%20%CHURCHYARD] CWGC Cemetery Report, Hipswell Churchyard.</ref>  In 1930, on the churchyard's northern boundary, Catterick Garrison Cemetery was opened by the War Office as a purpose-made cemetery for the camp.  This includes war graves of 42 Commonwealth service personnel and some Polish service personnel of the Second World War. A [[Cross of Sacrifice]] stands at the boundary of the two burial grounds.<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2040214/CATTERICK%20GARRISON%20CEMETERY] CWGC Cemetery Report, Catterick Garrison Cemetery.</ref>
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[[Category:Villages in North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Catterick Garrison]]