Eggborough

History

Eggborough (as well as High and Low Eggborough) is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 and was formerly in the Wapentake of Osgoldcross. The name derives from Ecga's Burh, a fortification belonging to a person named Ecga. Eggborough was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1 April 1974, when it became part of the Selby District of North Yorkshire. On 1 April 2023 Selby District was abolished and Eggborough became part of the new North Yorkshire unitary authority area. There is a pub in the village, the Horse and Jockey. There is a cricket club, which was formed in 1902 just up from the Horse & Jockey and is the home of Whitley Bridge Cricket Club. There is also a sports and leisure complex in the grounds of the nearby Eggborough Power Station. The complex offers a nine-hole golf course, two miniature football pitches, two full-size football pitches, a bowling green, a children's play area, a miniature railway, a licensed bar, snooker, pool, a green room and a concert hall. The centre of the village used to be the location of a Bowman's Flour Mill, but it ceased production in 2016. Close to Eggborough is the site of French-owned Saint-Gobain Glass, Europe's leading producer of float (flat) glass. The plant, which opened in 1998, employs over 170 people and produces of flat glass per year. The large village hall on Selby Road is well used and is shared with the residents of Whitley Bridge, which has no village hall of its own. Other activities take place at the Methodist Hall and the Westfield Centre. The village also has its own football team, Eggborough Eagles, which is based at the Eggborough Sports and Leisure Complex. The Eggborough Eagles were founded in 2011 by Chairman James Lancaster, Secretary Michael Corr and Manager Michael Shaughnessy. They came…