Halsham
| Halsham | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Halsham Grange Cottages | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA273270 |
| Location: | 53°43’29"N, 0°4’18"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 255 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU12 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Halsham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on Holderness, about four miles west of Withernsea town centre. It is to the south of the B1362 road.
According to the 2011 census, Halsham parish had a population of 255.
The parish church is All Saints. It is a Grade I listed building.[1] To the east of the church is a Mausoleum of the Constable family which is designated as a Grade II* listed building.[2]
History
In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 315. Occupations included sixteen farmers, three wheelwrights, a bricklayer, a grocer, a blacksmith, and the landlord of the Sun public house. A carrier operated between the village and Hull on Tuesdays. The village was described as consisting of "chiefly a number of respectable farm houses, scattered at irregular distances from each other." The mausoleum to the Constable family is described as of stone, with polished white marble facing, with, at its centre, a monument to Sir William Constable, built at a cost of £10,000. Sir John Constable of Kirkby Knowle in 1584 left 80 shillings a year from his estate to be paid out in perpetuity: 20/- for the education of eight poor children with a further 24 shillings for their satchels and books; 32 shillings for eight poor men; and 4 shillings for two poor women. He provided for a hospital for the use of the poor men and women of the parish.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Halsham) |
- National Heritage List 1160776: All Saints' Church
- Halsham in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1160776: Church of All Saints (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1346604: Constable Mausoleum (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 212
- Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.