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23-568: Sessay is a small, linear village and civil parish in North Yorkshire , England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Thirsk , and 2 miles (3 km) west from the A19 road close to the East Coast Main Line . The civil parish also includes the village of Little Sessay , where the parish church and school are located. In 2013 the population of the civil parish

46-512: A Norman castle (now a nature reserve) near to the site of the Roman Camp and a church, St John the Baptist , with some rare stained glass windows. The north tower, which functions as a portal was given by the church's patron Lord Fitzalan. The churchyard is typical of the country parish church, showing gravestones surrounding the building. A medieval tomb in the churchyard retains the remnants of

69-770: A central point. Particular types of linear settlements are linear village , chain village , street village ( Polish : ulicówka ; German : Straßendorf , Lithuanian : gatvinis kaimas , French : village-rue ), and some others. Different countries have varying classifications of linear settlements. Sułoszowa , Poland, is notable for its 9 km long, single main street and its thin strips of farm land, inhabited by 6000 people. Linear designs have also been proposed for new city and district development projects, such as Arturo Soria y Mata 's linear city , Michael Graves and Peter Eisenman 's linear city , Madrid 's Ciudad Lineal district, and Saudi Arabia 's The Line . Such designs have been criticized as expressing

92-482: A cross. The west window showing St. Catherine (wheel), St. John the Baptist (lamb) and St. Margaret (spearing dragon) is a rare extant example of stained glass of the decorated style. The window was also added by Lord Fitzalan. Colours of green, gold, olive, amber, as well as red and blue distinguish the complex canopies and figures. In the lower half of the window fragments of 15th-century glass include images of an unidentified female saint and St. Margaret. The site of

115-580: A period of time when Britain was under Roman rule. The square silver dish was found in 1839. Though it is tempting to assume that it was part of a hoard of silver, there is no record of it being found with any other objects. It is now held by the British Museum . Edward Coke (pronounced Cook) was born at Mileham Hall (now demolished), on 1 February 1552. He became Speaker of The House of Commons in 1593 and Attorney General in 1596. He died on 3 September 1634. Sir Harold Button of Umphington (Shropshire)

138-489: A possible market place in the northern enclosure and from tolls on travellers. Mileham Tower Windmill, was first recorded in 1860,it was built at the end of a long track to the southwest of the village. The four-storey tarred red brick tower had 21-inch-thick (530 mm) walls, was 38 feet (12 m) high and had a 24-foot-diameter (7.3 m) base. The mill used four double-shuttered sails, each with seven bays of three shutters to power four pairs of stones. The upright shaft

161-547: A simplistic understanding of the process of urban growth and ignoring the human factor in design , resulting in inefficiency and limited growth potential. Mileham Mileham is a village approximately midway between East Dereham and Fakenham in Mid Norfolk with a population of 563 people in 2011. The village sits astride the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects Mid Norfolk west to east. It

184-428: A surprisingly imposing monument consisting of a motte built up around the fragments of a stone keep, two baileys and a further banked rectangular enclosure to the north of the road, which now contains Burwood Hall (built in 1793) and farm buildings. A large wooded deer park was once attached to the south of the castle. The positioning of the castle astride the road is thought to have been connected with raising revenue from

207-511: Is a current resident (2020). He invented the Well Drain. He is also an ornithologist capable of identifying over 400 birds based on their calls alone. The village has a post office/general store, and a village hall. Also it had a primary school founded in 1677,but it was closed in 2015. The Royal Oak public house stood in the village centre up until 1983, but has since been converted into a private residence. The Castle public house closed in 1920 and

230-463: Is dedicated to St Cuthbert and is a Grade II* listed building, rebuilt by architect William Butterfield in 1847-48 for William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe on the site of the original. In the church there are three funeral brasses in the chancel to members of the Kitchingman family, and one to Mrs. Smelt. Another is that of Master Thomas Magnus on which he is depicted in his priestly robes. At

253-590: Is the old coaching road from Kings Lynn to Norwich and then on to Great Yarmouth . The name Mileham comes from the presence of a mill ; the base of the last one can still be seen from the Litcham Road. (There is a possibility that it may be linked to a Saxon water mill.) There is also a "Mill Farm" to the west of the village. Mileham is a linear settlement in 'High Norfolk', and is also a 'Conservation Village', centred on Burwood Hall, The Church, The Castle, Park Farm, Old Hall Farm and Manor Farm. There are ruins of

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276-653: 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

299-440: The mill ceased working in 1924 and was dismantled soon after. A photograph of 1934 showed the mill with three broken sails and the fanstage still in situ. Mileham Post Windmill, first recorded in 1775, stood on Mileham or Beeston Common and was actually nearer to Litcham than Mileham. The mill buck stood over a roundhouse and used 2 pairs of French burr stones, a flour mill and a jumper. A horse mill and bake office were also run on

322-458: The north-east and Dalton 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the north-west. Birdforth Beck runs to the south of the village on its way to join the nearby River Swale . The Ordnance Survey have suggested that a field near Sessay may be the geographical centre of Yorkshire , although there are other claimants to this title. The school at Little Sessay, Sessay CE Primary , is within the catchment area of Thirsk School for secondary education. The school

345-470: The original Saxon village is in the field to the east of the church where the remains of Saxon ponds can be seen. Mileham Castle (also referred to as " Hall Yards" on old maps) is one of the largest motte and bailey castles in Norfolk. It straddles the pre-Conquest road that remained the main east-west route through the county until the 17th century. The castle was constructed in about 1100. and its remains form

368-436: The road. Mileham , Norfolk, England is an example of this pattern. Later development may add side turnings and districts away from the original main street. Places such as Southport , England developed in this way. A linear settlement is in contrast with ribbon development , which is the outward spread of an existing town along a main street , and with a nucleated settlement , which is a group of buildings clustered around

391-529: The site. A sketchmap by Geraldine Neale c.1948, showed the postmill to the north of the western end of the east to west track and the towermill at the north end of the south to north track. Geraldine Neale died in 1970 and was the daughter of John Wilkin who was miller at the time the towermill was dismantled in 1902. Her article The Miller's Daughter was published in the Eastern Daily Press on 21 August 1948. The Mileham Dish dates from 4th century AD from

414-493: The time of the Dissolution of religious houses he was master of St Leonard's Hospital, York , and was subsequently appointed to the rectory of Sessay, where he died, in 1550, and was buried in the chancel." Linear village In the case of settlements built along a route, the route predated the settlement, and then the settlement grew along the transport route. Often, it is only a single street with houses on either side of

437-501: Was a 'graft' shaft of both wood and iron. Two opposite doors were set into the base of the tower on the east and west sides, and another door was on the south side of the meal floor. According to Geraldine Neale, writing in 1948, a sail broke off the mill in a gale in 1904 and a similar occurrence put the mill out of commission for all time. However, it is not clear whether this was the actual case as in May 1973, G. Rye reported to Philip Unwin that

460-575: Was built in 1848 by William Butterfield for Viscount Downe. It has undergone three enlargements and is a Grade II listed building . There is a Bowls Club and a Cricket Club in the village. The Cricket Club was founded in 1850 and competes in the York Senior League. In September 2010 the club won the National Village Cup at Lord's, repeating its success in September 2016. The parish church

483-469: Was estimated at 320. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 311 of which 266 were over sixteen years old. There were 130 dwellings of which 90 were detached. 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,

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506-578: 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. It closed in 1958. The toponymy 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 . According to legend, Sessay

529-530: Was once the home of a giant which was slain by a knight named Sir Guy Dawnay. The village is within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It lies within the Topcliffe ward of Hambleton District Council and Sowerby electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council. The village lies immediately to the east of the East Coast Main Line . The nearest settlements are Hutton Sessay 1.1 miles (1.8 km) to

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