West Newton, Yorkshire
| West Newton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Houses in West Newton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA199377 |
| Location: | 53°49’21"N, 0°10’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU11 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
West Newton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, nine miles north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and six miles south of Hornsea.
History
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Newton like this:
NEWTON (West), a township, with a village, in Aldbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; miles N E of Hull. Acres, 778. Real property, £3, 218. Pop., 220. Houses, 30. An hospital was founded here, prior to 1179, by William Earl of Albemarle.[1]
Natural resources
The area around West Newton has been the site of test drilling for gas and oil. In 2014, people complained that noxious fumes were being emitted from a site near to the village and the smell was making them sick.[2] In June 2019, the company testing for gas announced that preliminary data from the borehole suggested that there was an accessible resource of 189 x 10⁹ m³ of gas, or 31 million barrels of oil from a borehole that extended over 6,500 feet.[3]
If the assessment is correct, it would be the biggest onshore gas and oilfield in the United Kingdom. Previously this was the Saltfleetby field in Lincolnshire discovered in 1973 with a capacity of 73 x 10⁹ m³ of gas.[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "History of West Newton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13824. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ↑ Vidal, John (19 September 2014). "East Yorkshire gas-drilling site making locals 'sick from noxious smells'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/19/yorkshire-wolds-gas-fracking-shale. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Julia (17 June 2019). "UK's 'biggest' onshore gas field discovered near Hull". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/06/17/uks-biggest-onshore-gas-field-discovered-near-hull/. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ↑ Wood, Alex (17 June 2019). "'Biggest gas and oil discovery in half a century' made in East Yorkshire". The Yorkshire Post. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/biggest-gas-and-oil-discovery-in-half-a-century-made-in-east-yorkshire-1-9826230. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.
- A History of the County of York: East Riding - Volume 7 pp 129-137: Middle division: Burton Constable (Victoria County History)