Helperby is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 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 Hambleton

Hambleton

Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The main town and administrative centre is Northallerton, and includes the market towns and major villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley and Easingwold....

 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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, about five miles west of Easingwold

Easingwold

Easingwold is a small market town and a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 4,233.It is located north of York, at the foot of the Howardian Hills....

. Over the years it has joined on to Brafferton

Brafferton, North Yorkshire

Brafferton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 257.The village is situated about ten miles south of Thirsk, on the River Swale....

.

Helperby has a new Millennium hall, a post office, which has now changed hands and is a part time cafe now, a village shop known as "Nancy's" and a butcher's shop. There are two churches, a Church of England

Church of England

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 and a disused Methodist Chapel, which is now a house. In 2008 Helperby had a new pavilion at the football and cricket pitch.

The Hidden Gardens of Helperby are held in the village once a year. They are one of the prominent events in the village calendar with attendances sometimes in excess of 3000 attendees. People come from as far as Leeds and Hull for the occasion. Helperby Hidden Gardens have been going for nearly 30 years, making it one of the oldest hidden gardens events in Yorkshire, not to mention one of the largest. It is held on the first weekend in July

The film The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer is a British film made in 1998 about the Victorian poisonerWilliam Palmer....

was filmed in the village in 1998.