Hackness is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Scarborough

Scarborough (borough)

Scarborough is a non-metropolitan district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covers a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey....

district of the county of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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Hackness is mentioned as the site of a double monastery

Double monastery

A double monastery is an institution combining a separate monastery for monks and an abbey for nuns. Examples include Coldingham Monastery in Scotland, and Einsiedeln Abbey and Fahr Abbey in Switzerland, controlled by the abbot of Einsiedeln...

 or nunnery by Bede

Bede

Bede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria...

, writing in the early 8th century. The church of Saint Mary has fragments of a high cross

High cross

A high cross or standing cross is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval tradition in Ireland and Britain of raising large sculpted stone crosses, usually outdoors...

 dating from the late 8th or early 9th century. The fragments preserve parts of a Latin

Latin

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 prayer for Saint Æthelburg and an illegible inscription apparently in the runic alphabet

Runic alphabet

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The village was the birthplace of British sculptor Matthew Noble

Matthew Noble

Matthew Noble was a British sculptor.-Life:Noble was born in Hackness, near Scarborough, as the son of a stonemason, and served his apprenticeship under his father. He left Yorkshire for London when quite young, there he studied under John Francis...

According to the 2001 UK census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, Hackness parish had a population of 125.

The parish council is Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council which covers the six parishes of Broxa-cum-Troutsdale

Broxa-cum-Troutsdale

Broxa-cum-Troutsdale is a civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. The parish includes the village of Broxa, and covers part of Troutsdale.According to the 2001 UK census, Broxa-cum-Troutsdale parish had a population of 44....

, Darncombe-cum-Langdale End

Darncombe-cum-Langdale End

Darncombe-cum-Langdale End is a civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, Darncombe-cum-Langdale End parish had a population of 42....

, Hackness, Harwood Dale

Harwood Dale

Harwood Dale is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, Harwood Dale parish had a population of 134....

, Silpho

Silpho

Silpho is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of the county of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, Silpho parish had a population of 31....

 and Suffield-cum-Everley

Suffield-cum-Everley

Suffield-cum-Everley is a civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, parish had a population of 61....

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Notable people

• Margaret, Lady Hoby
  Lady Margaret Hoby
  Lady Margaret Hoby née Dakins was an English diarist of the Elizabethan period. Hers is the oldest known diary written by a woman in English.-Life:...
  
   (1571–1633), who kept the earliest known female diary in English (1599–1605)
• Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby
  Thomas Posthumous Hoby
  Sir Thomas Posthumus Hoby , also sometimes spelt Hobie, Hobbie and Hobby, Posthumous and Postumus, was an English gentleman, Member of Parliament, and Justice of the Peace....
  
   (1566–1640), lord of the manor
  Lord of the Manor
  The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
  
  
• Matthew Noble
  Matthew Noble
  Matthew Noble was a British sculptor.-Life:Noble was born in Hackness, near Scarborough, as the son of a stonemason, and served his apprenticeship under his father. He left Yorkshire for London when quite young, there he studied under John Francis...
  
  (1818–1876), sculptor

External links

• Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council website