Strensall
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The Derelict Tannery, Strensall |
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 Strensall
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| Strensall shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 6,047 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SE633608 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO32 |
| Dialling code | 01904 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Strensall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Foss north of York and north-east of Haxby. From the 2011 Census the civil parish was called Strensall with Towthorpe and had a population of 6,047. Before 1996 it had been part of the Ryedale district. It covers an area of 2,908 acres.
The nearby Strensall Common is a Special Area of Conservation, an example of lowland heathland habitat covering over 5 km2. Strensall also has an army firing range and training area both of which belong to the Ministry of Defence.
Strensall is referred to in the Domesday Book as Streonaeshalch, after Streona, a personal name, and halch, a corner of land. The name has altered through the centuries from Strenshale in the 11th century, to Stranessale in the 14th century and to Strencile or Strencham alias Trencham in the 17th century.
It has belonged to the Archbishops of York since before 1214, apart from a short period in 1547 when it was briefly held by the Duke of Somerset and Lord Wharton. During the reign of Edward the Confessor the manor and land belonged to a couple of Saxon lords known as Sasford and Turchil.
Strensall is also the possible site of many historical events supposed to have occurred in Whitby, most significantly the 'Whitby' Synod of 664. This is due to a complication in 9th century documents, which describe Streonaeshalch as being Whitby (the name Whitby is Viking as are all place names ending with the suffix "by", e.g. Selby, Grimsby, Wetherby etc. – "by" means "town" in Scandinavian languages, from the verb "bo", meaning "to reside").
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