February 21, 2005
Project reaches landmark stage
Last year the Millennium Trust announced a design competition for ideas to improve the village centre.
Entries were received in January, and were put on display for comment by invited volunteers, stakeholders, parish councillors and others on 5th February. They were then reviewed by a Panel chaired by Bishopthorpe Resident Sir Donald Barron. This Panel was composed entirely of people who had said that they were prepared to volunteer effort towards the project – some 24 of these volunteered during consultations (in addition to those already at work on it).
Its members were Kate Hardy, Ben Wallace, Frederick Weatherley, June
Whittaker, June Cross, and Louise Bishop. Final member Andrew Lister was unfortunately unable to attend on the day.
Its recommendations were received by the Trust, and in the light of these, the Trust has agreed to allocate prizes as follows:
£500 to each entrant:
Rachel Brammar of Popplewell Associates, Piccadilly, York;
David Chapman of David Chapman Associates, Sim Balk Lane, Bishopthorpe; and Moray Mackay from St Mary’s, Bootham, York.
Each entry had ideas that the panel considered worth further investigation and design work. A composite design is in preparation and will be on display in the Library.
You can read more news on the Millennium Trust and the project,
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November 20, 2004
Competition Date
The closing date for entries to the Design Competition has beem amended to 12 noon on 21st January 2005.
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November 8, 2004
Research Data
We have created copies of the original forms used in the street audit, and of the household survey returns, so that you can see in detail and in their own words what people had to say.
Download the Household Survey forms in pdf. These have been scanned to create a single file. Names and addresses have been removed.
Download the (zipped) file of Street Audits here. These are in separate files for each group or individual carrying out the audit.
(Zipped files have been compressed to reduce download time. The Street Audit zip file contains data on eight separate returns. To read them you need to use Winzip software from www.winzip.com.)
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November 3, 2004
The Pinfold
For many years Bishopthorpe in common with other rural communities had a Pinfold. This was a small enclosed area where stray animals were impounded until the owner paid a fine to have them released. In 1893 the fines or “pains” as they were called 3/4d for pigs 2/6d for horses and 6/8d if an animal caused damage to the pinfold.
As time moved on and the villages dependence on livestock diminished so the pinfold fell out of use. At first half of it remained and eventually it disappeared altogether.
In 1953 a screen of trees was planted on one side of the former site by the Bishopthorpe Gardening Association to commemorate the Coronation of the present Queen. These are currently on school grounds.
In 1988 the Yorkshire Countrywomens Association had the site restored so that today the footprint of the structure remains as well as a plaque to commemorate its former function, but nothing remains of the structure.
Since then however the site which is under the ownership of York City Council Highways Department has been left untended so that there are weeds growing there and it lacks a purpose.
With the assistance of the Local History Group and with the backing of Local Heritage Initiative and any other funding which may be available, it is hoped that the area can be developed into a focal point. It would be proposed to erect a semi circular structure on part of the footprint of the former pinfold which would include seating as part of the structure and a historical montage representing the history of the village together with a map featuring areas of historic interest within the village.
Liam Godfrey
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October 25, 2004
Details for entrants
This is a design competition with a prize of £1500.00. Entries should be submitted by Noon on 20th December 2004.
The competition is the result of an open Ideas Day, some preliminary work by an Environment Group set up after the Ideas Day, and a follow on Village Workshop. In Spring this year the Trust secured £1000 funding from the City of York Council to prepare a design study. The Bishopthorpe Millennium Trust has set aside £4000 to initiate the project.
We have already carried out extensive further local consultation in the form of a street audit and a household survey.
Anyone with professional expertise may submit a design. Please let us know if you are interested and will be submitting an entry.
Please also let us know what additional information you may require. We may already have this: for example, we have written statements from property owners setting out their position, contacts with the local authority and a scale plan of the crossroads, the Conservation Area and the area immediately around it.
Entries must be submitted in the way described in the Design Competition Brief. Members of a team of local people are also on hand to assist with enquiries.
Do contact us, by email in the first instance, if you require any further information, or to express interest. Email this address.
Check out the rest of this web site for pictures, news, and other material relating to the project.
Documents for download
As far as possible documents arising from the project are stored here in Adobe Acrobat format.
A Research Report brings together the results from the household survey, the library display and the Street Audit. This is the document that should be read overall, and circulated to anyone interested.
Ideas Day report.
A Questionnaire Summary examines the household survey, and reports on its usefulness, and summarises the raw data in the form of the answers to all of the questions.
Responses from the Opinion Sheet at the library display reported verbatim.
A report on the Street Audit returns also summarises the raw data.
The original questionnaire returns and street audit forms are also available:
Street Audit returns. A zip file containing separate returns in pdf.
Household Survey forms. A single pdf file.
Highways
Read the article on City of York design principles here.
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