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Hudswell is a village and civil parish on the border of the Yorkshire Dales, in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 3 miles west of Richmond, its nearest town, 4 miles north-west of Catterick Garrison and approximately 15 miles south-west of Darlington. The village pub, George & Dragon, closed in 2008 and re-opened in 2010 as a "community-owned" pub. The premises now also house a small shop and a library. It lies just south of the River Swale and the A6106, which runs through nearby Richmond. It takes the form of a 'Roadside Village', described as "...merely a string of buildings – houses, shops, inns and others – standing more or less indiscriminately." in ''The Anatomy of the village'' by Thomas Wilfred Sharp. According to the 2011 census, Hudswell has a population of 353 and 152 households. ==History== The name ''Hudswell'' probably means ''Hudel's spring'' from the Old English name of ''Hudel'' and the Old English word of ''Wella'' meaning spring or stream. Hudswell is mentioned in the Domesday Book, completed in 1086 for William the Conqueror. The land was valued at £0.8 in 1066 and taxed at 6 Geld units (quite a large tax compared to other Domesday settlements). In 1086 the Tenant-in-chief for the village, and for the wider administrational district was Count Alan of Brittany, and the Lord; Enisant Musard. In 1881, the year of the first census of England and Wales, the population of Hudswell was 181. By 1891, the population had increased to 223. Between 1891 and 1911, the population decreased, to 209 in 1901 and finally 185 in 1911. By 1931, the population had rapidly increased to 294, where the population remained steady (barring the years of World War II where no official 1941 census was produced), and by 1961, the population had grown to 303. :In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hudswell like this: "Hudswell, a township and chapelry in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 2½ miles WSW of Richmond r. station. It includes the hamlet of Thorpe-under-Stone; and its post town is Richmond, Yorkshire. Acres, 2, 831. Real property, £2, 400. Pop., 249. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. Coal and lead ore are worked. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £90. * Patron, the Vicar of Catterick. The church is good; and there are a national school with £18 from endowment, and charities with £22." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hudswell, North Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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