Tadcaster
| Tadcaster | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 53 ′ N , 1 ° 16 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 7280 (status: 2004) | ||
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| Post town | TADCASTER | ||
| ZIP code section | LS24 | ||
| prefix | 01937 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | North Yorkshire | ||
| District | Selby | ||
| British Parliament | Selby | ||
Tadcaster is a small town in District Selby the English county of North Yorkshire . In 2004 the city had a total of 7,280 inhabitants.
geography
Tadcaster is located on the River Wharfe just before its confluence with the Ouse , about halfway between York and Leeds in the northwest of the Selby district.
history
Tadcaster was founded as Calcaria during the Roman Empire . The name indicates the special importance of the limestone deposits in the area, with which numerous important buildings such as York Minster were built. Calcaria was an important suburb of Eboracum , today's York.
The ending of the old English place name Tadcaster comes from the Latin castra , which indicates a fort on the site of the current city. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , Tadcaster is named as the place where Harald II gathered his army to first invade York and then enter the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
The city was mentioned as Tatecastre in the Domesday Book in 1086 .
In the 11th century, Tadcaster Castle (a moth ) was built on a hill above the town. In the early 12th century, however, the castle fell into disrepair, and it was not until the English Civil War that the complex was reinforced by cannon guns.
The crossing of the River Wharfe originally consisted of a simple ford near the current location of St Mary's Church . First a wooden bridge was built, but it was replaced by a first stone bridge in 1240. Stone material from the local castle was probably used.
On December 7, 1642 at 11 o'clock in the morning, the Battle of Tadcaster occurred in the course of the Civil War , in which Thomas Fairfax's parliamentary troops and the royalists of the Earl of Newcastle faced each other. The foundation of the current river bridge dates from 1700, even if the structure has been structurally redesigned at least twice since then. The river represents a historical border between the West Riding and the Ainsty of York, which can still be seen today in the two separately administered city halves.
politics
The city is administratively divided into two parts with the Wharfe as the border river. Tadcaster West had a total of 3800 inhabitants in 2004, in Tadcaster East lived 3480 people. The superior authority is the District Council of Selby.
Town twinning
The city maintains a twin city partnership
Culture and sights
Buildings
The Ark
The oldest, still existing building in the city is called The Ark (= the ark) and was built in the late 15th century. Since then it has been expanded and rebuilt several times. Two carved heads on the front of the house are said to represent Noah and his wife. The building has already served as a community center, post office, inn, butcher's shop, private home and museum. It currently houses the offices of Tadcasters City Council, making it the city's town hall.
St Mary's Church
The town church of Tadcasters was built in 1150. In 1318 it was destroyed in an attack by the Scots in the aftermath of the Battle of Bannockburn . It was rebuilt between 1380 and 1480. However, there were permanent problems with flooding of the church, and so it was decided to first dismantle the nave stone by stone and finally to rebuild it from 1875 to 1877 on a foundation 1.5 meters higher. The church tower remained unaffected by this measure. In 1897 the building was extended by a north nave.
Railway viaduct
At Tadcaster, an imposing viaduct with eleven arches spans the River Wharfe. It was built as part of a projected railway line from York to Leeds by the North Midland Railway . The construction was completed in 1849, but the railway line itself could not be completed due to the bankruptcy of the railway company. Due to a railway line that was completed in parallel, the viaduct no longer had its originally intended infrastructural significance, and so only a siding for a mill east of the river was laid on it. The last year of operation of the bridge was 1955, after which the track was decommissioned. Today the publicly accessible building is a grade II listed building and owned by the city of Tadcaster.
Sports
The city has two rival sports clubs, Tadcaster Albion and Tadcaster Magnets.
Economy and Infrastructure
Brew beer
Tadcaster's industrial history is closely tied to beer brewing . Near the town church, the fresh water spring flowing upwards can still be discovered today, with which beer was brewed in the past. In 1341 two flourishing breweries in the city are documented. Today Tadcaster is the second most important brewing city in the United Kingdom after Burton upon Trent .
To date, only three breweries have survived: Coors Brewery , John Smith Brewery and Samuel Smith's Old Brewery . The latter is Yorkshire's oldest brewery. The local breweries make it possible for beer to be priced in the city at half the usual price in the UK.
traffic
Tadcaster is located on the A64 ( Leeds - Scarborough ), which is built like a motorway between the five kilometers south-west connection to the A1 (M) and ten kilometers north-east York with two separate lanes.
The city is a station of the Yorkshire Coastliner bus company, which offers easy access to both Leeds central bus station and the Yorkshire coast to the east. The closest train station is Ulleskelf , but the next larger train station is York station , from which there are far more connections in all directions and which can also be reached quickly by a bus connection.
The Leeds East Airport is located about seven kilometers southeast Tadcasters.
Personalities
- Kevin Barron (born 1946), politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Monuments Record entry for the viaduct ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- The City website (English)