Huby, Harrogate

Huby, Harrogate

Infobox UK place
official_name = Huby
country = England
population =
shire_district = Harrogate
shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon
post_town = LEEDS
postcode_district = LS17
postcode_area = LS
dial_code = 01423
os_grid_reference = SE275475
latitude = 53.9228
longitude = -1.5828
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Huby is a village in the English county of North Yorkshire, about five miles south-west of Harrogate.

The village is on the A658 between Otley and Harrogate. It is served by Weeton railway station on the line which links Leeds with Harrogate. A rocky outcrop known as Almscliff Crag is about one mile north-west of the village. The village has a Methodist chapel.

The Atkinson family, who lived in the village, are the focus of a 1978 book by Colin Gordon. [ "A Richer Dust: Echoes from an Edwardian Album", by Colin Gordon, 1978, ISBN 0-241-89934-6] It includes a family tree beginning with Henry Atkinson (1823-92) and Ellen Backhouse (1827-1908) along with many illustrations, rescued from photographic plates found on a market stall. The village is also the subject of a booklet by Joan Coombs. ["The Area of Benefit: a History of Huby and Weeton and nearby villages", by Joan Coombs, c1977.]

The first mention of a post office in the village was in 1888. A telegram delivered from the post office in 1940, and a photograph of the post office, appeared as illustrations in an article in a British philatelic magazine in 1989, [ "Stamp Magazine", September 1989] which recalled the contribution to the village provided by members of the Jackson family, including George Faulkes Jackson (1912-80), who served as postmaster and as clerk to the parish council. The post office closed in October 1995.

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