New Earswick

It presented a sharp contrast to the slums that had developed in York and other cities during the 19th century, the deprivation of which had been revealed in Seebohm Rowntree's report of 1901, entitled Poverty: a study of town life.[3] As a result of the report, Joseph Rowntree's conviction that it must be possible to provide better housing for people on low incomes led him to acquire 150 acres of land near the village of Earswick, two and a half miles to the north of the centre of York.The planner Raymond Unwin and the architect Barry Parker were commissioned to produce an overall plan for a new 'garden' village and the detailed designs for its first houses.The building of New Earswick created a balanced village community where rents were kept low, but still represented a modest commercial return on the capital invested.[7] There is a local community centre, the Folk Hall, which hosts activities such as keep-fit, yoga, snooker, and a junior youth club.[7] In the 1960s, the Folk Hall was a live music venue featuring the likes of Procol Harum and Pink Floyd.[9] Transdev York operate a bus service that stops in the village as part of the Askham Bar to Clifton Moor route.[10] First Group operate two bus services that stop in the village as part of the Wigginton to Acomb and Haxby to York City Centre routes.
The Hartrigg Oaks Complex
North Yorkshire2011 censusOS grid referenceCivil parishUnitary authorityCity of YorkCeremonial countyRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townPostcode districtDialling codePoliceAmbulanceYorkshireUK ParliamentYork Outermodel villageunitary authorityRiver FossNorth Riding of YorkshireRyedaleJoseph RowntreeJoseph Rowntree FoundationBournvilleSaltairePort SunlightLetchworthWelwyn Garden CityProcol HarumPink FloydEarswick railway stationYork to Beverley LineJoseph Rowntree SchoolWiggintonAnglicanMethodistSociety of FriendsHuntingtonSteve WebsterSidecar World ChampionshipUK CensusOffice for National StatisticsButt, R. V. J.Sparkford