Warter
| Warter | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 The road through Warter | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE867502 |
| Location: | 53°56’28"N, 0°40’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 144 (2011) |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO42 |
| Dialling code: | 01759 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Yorkshire |
Warter is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, four miles east of Pocklington on the B1246 road and 18 miles from York.
The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 144.
Here stood Warter Priory, which was an Augustinian Priory dedicated to St James founded in 1132 by Geoffrey Fitz-Pain. The chronicler Stephen Eyton was a canon there. The priory was dissolved in 1536 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII. The dimensions of St James' Church, cloister, other buildings and the shape of their roofs were recorded along with details of the vestments and church plate. The church was 40 by 12 yards with a quire of 28 by 9 yards; the cloister 96 yards in circuit and 4 yards in breadth.[1]
The parish church of St James is a Grade II listed building.[2]
A coppice near the village was the inspiration for the landscape painting Bigger Trees Near Warter by David Hockney.[3]
Pictures
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Warter) |
St James Church
Cottages at Warter
Warter War Memorial
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Outside links
- Warter in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Template:Cite report
- ↑ National Heritage List 1346299: Church of St James (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Bigger Trees Near Warter Or/Ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photographique". Tate.org.uk. October 2009. http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=100047&searchid=11159&roomid=5999&tabview=text. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.
