Kilnwick Percy
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- Not to be confused with Kilnwick
| Kilnwick Percy | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Helen, Kilnwick Percy | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE825500 |
| Location: | 53°56’24"N, 0°44’37"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO42 |
| Dialling code: | 01759 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Yorkshire |
Kilnwick Percy is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a mile and half north-east of Pocklington town centre, and to the north of the B1246 road.
The great house of the village, Kilnwick Percy Hall, is is a country house built around 1845. Today it is a Grade II* listed building,.[1] and a Buddhist meditation and retreat centre.[2]
The grounds of the hall include a lake and a small church in the Norman style, St Helen’s. The church is a Grade II listed building.[3]
In 1823 Kilnwick Percy was a parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The parish was under the patronage of the Dean of York. The population at the time was 43.[4]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1309858: Kilnwick Percy Hall (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "Welcome to Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre". Madhyamaka Buddhist Meditation Centre. http://madhyamaka.org/. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1346280: Church of St Helen (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 360
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
