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Sessay is a small, linear village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east from Thirsk, and west from the A19 road close to the East Coast Main Line. ==History== The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Sezai" in the wapentake of Gerlestre (from the mid-12th century known as Birdforth). It later became a detached part of the wapentake of Allertonshire. At the time of the Norman invasion, the manor was the possession of the Bishop of Durham and St Cuthbert's Church, Durham. The manor became a Mesne lordship and was held after the Norman invasion first by the ''Percy'' family and then by the ''Darrell'' family from the end of the 12th century to the late 15th century. When the family line of succession ended, it passed by marriage to the ''Dawnay'' family in 1525. One descendant, John Dawnay was made Viscount Downe in 1680. The family still hold the manor. A railway station was opened at Sessay by the Great North of England Railway in 1841.〔(Disused railway stations: Otterington )〕 It closed in 1958.〔〔 The topynomy is a combination of the Old English word ''secg'' meaning ''sedge'' and the Anglian word ''ēg'' meaning ''island or dry ground surrounded by marsh''. Therefore it is literally ''Sedge island''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Topynomy )〕 According to legend, Sessay was once the home of a giant which was slain by a knight named Sir Guy Dawnay. 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「Sessay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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