Helperthorpe is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes through it.[1]

Helperthorpe
Looking north-east from the grounds of St Peter's Church
Helperthorpe Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE953703
Civil parish	Luttons
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALTON
Postcode district	YO17
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.120188°N 0.543040°W / 54.120188; -0.543040

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it had five households and a church.[2] It is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.[3]

Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The village is 10 miles (16 km) north west of Driffield and 10 miles (16 km) east of Malton.[4] As the village is quite small in population, it is included as part of the Luttons Parish along with East and West Lutton. The population of The Luttons at the 2011 census was 411, with an estimated population of 430 in 2015.[5][6]

Parish church

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  St Peter's Church
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  Interior of St Peter's Church

The parish church of St Peter was until the late 19th century a medieval building. In 1871–73 it was rebuilt by Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere.[7] The architect for the new building was G. E. Street who included a spire based on the English Gothic of c. 1300. There are three richly decorated roofs over the nave, chancel and ground floor of the tower (the latter being used as the baptistery). A full set of stained glass windows was supplied by Clayton & Bell but this was replaced less than 20 years later. The irreparably damaged font was buried in the floor below a new one.[8]

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External links

Media related to Helperthorpe at Wikimedia Commons