Aldbrough, East Riding
| Aldbrough | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Aldbrough | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA242386 |
| Location: | 53°49’44"N, 0°6’48"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,269 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU11 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Aldbrough is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on Holderness and about twelve miles north-east of Kingston upon Hull (at the junction of the B1242 and B1238 roads). It stands near to the North Sea coast.
The civil parish of Aldbrough is wider, encompassing Aldbrough and surrounding hamlets: East Newton, Etherdwick and Tansterne. At the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 1,269.
Aldbrough has a public house and several small businesses within its boundaries, and is close to seaside towns Hornsea and Withernsea.
Parish church
The parish church stands in the heart of the village. It is dedicated to St Bartholomew and dates from the second half of the 14th century. St Bartholomew's is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
On an interior wall, over a pillar of the south nave aisle, is a sundial predating the Norman conquest, which bears an inscription in mixed Old English and Old Norse:
- +VLF LET (?HET) AROERAN CYRICE FOR HANVM ⁊ FOR GVWARA SAVLA
This is usually translated as "Ulf had this church built for his own sake and for Gunnvor's soul."[2]
History
Aldbrough has long been a parish, in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. In 1823 its population (with East and West Newton), was numbered at 998. Occupations included fourteen farmers, two blacksmiths, one of whom was a farrier, a joiner who was also an auctioneer, four wheelwrights, four grocers, five shoemakers, four tailors, two butchers, a hairdresser, a common brewer, and the landlords of The George and The Bricklayer's Arms public houses. Also within the village were the parish vicar and the curate, three yeomen, two schoolmasters, two surgeons, a bailiff, an excise officer, a gentleman and a gentlewoman. Five carriers operated between Aldbrough and Hull twice weekly.
A hamlet named 'Fosham' was a mile to the south-east, its population included in Aldbrough. Fosham contained two farmers, and a once a week carrier to Hull.[3]
A hamlet at Ringbrough (or Ringborough) dates to at least the 11th century. By the 1850s it had been reduced to a single farm.[4] It was substantially expanded as a military installation during the Second World War, with the installation of gun emplacements, lookouts, and underground bunkers.[5] Today though it is being destroyed by coastal erosion.[6][7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Aldbrough, East Riding) |
- "Aldbrough Parish Council". Aldbrough Parish Council. http://www.aldbroughparishcouncil.co.uk/. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- Stubbs, Nick; Stubbs, Helen (2000). "Aldbrough: East Yorkshire". dspace.dial.pipex.com. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/walk/aer96/aldbrough/. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- National Heritage List 1083529: St Bartholomew's Church
- "Landslides and coastal erosion at Aldbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire". British Geological Survey. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/science/landuseanddevelopment/landslides/aldbrough.html.
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1083529: Church of St Bartholomew
- ↑ R. I. Page. 1971. "How long did the Scandinavian language survive in England? The epigraphical evidence." In Peter Clemoes and Kathleen Hughes (eds.), England before the Conquest: Studies in primary sources presented to Dorothy Whitelock. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. pp. 165-181.
- ↑ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, pp. 150, 207
- ↑ Sheahan, J.J.; Whellan, T. (1856). "History of Holderness : Ringborough". History and topography of the city of York; the Ainsty wapentake; and the East riding of Yorkshire. 2. John Green (printers) (Beverley). p. 358. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3cEHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA358#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ Sanders, Ian. "Ringbrough". pillboxesuk.co.uk. http://s134542708.websitehome.co.uk/pillboxes/html/ringborough_0.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ Wood, Alexandra (6 August 2009). "The sea takes what the Nazis couldn't, as creeping coastal erosion eats away the east coast". Yorkshire Post. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/the_sea_takes_what_the_nazis_couldn_t_as_creeping_coastal_erosion_eats_away_the_east_coast_1_2292845. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ↑ Sources:
- Brigham, T.; Buglass, J.; George, R. (February 2008). "Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment : Yorkshire And Lincolnshire : Bempton to Donna Nook : English Heritage Project 3729 (Humber Archaeology Report No. 235)". Humber Field Archaeology / English Heritage. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-868-1/dissemination/pdf/RCZA_vol_1_Bempton_to_Donna_Nook/RCZA2a2breport.pdf. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- "Ringborough WWII Coast Artillery Battery". English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/research/landscapes-and-areas/national-mapping-programme/yorkshire-coast-rczas-nmp/ringborough-wwii-coast-artillery-battery/. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- "Ringbrough Coastal Battery, East Yorkshire (January 2000)". English Heritage. 2007. http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid=82696. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
