Dunswell
| Dunswell | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Coach and Horses | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA073351 |
| Location: | 53°48’5"N, 0°22’18"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU6 |
| Dialling code: | 01482 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Haltemprice and Howden |
Dunswell is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close by Woodmansey.
Historically also known as Beer-Houses due to the presence of two Inns in close proximity, the village is located on the main Kingston upon Hull to Beverley road. A significant drinking water extraction works was opened in 1931 west of the village, helping to supplying Hull and the surrounding area.
About the village
Dunswell is situated at the junction of Dunswell Lane and A1174 road Hull to Beverley road approximately four miles from the centres of Kingston upon Hull to the south and of Beverley to the north. The village is just 440 yards west of the River Hull. The Beverley and Barmston Drain also runs north–south, adjacent to the west of the village.
The village has a hall, Dunswell Village Institute;[1] and a primary school Dunswell Primary, since 2014 Dunswell Academy.
The Ship Inn is located at the junction of the main road and Ings Lane leading to Skidby Landing on the River Hull.
Hull Livestock Market, the last remaining livestock market in East Riding of Yorkshire, has been located in the village since 2002.[2]
History
According to Charles Overton, Dunswell was once known as Douceville, a reference to its many springs and wells.[3] At one time it was also known as Beer-Houses due to the two public houses in close vicinity.[4][5] The two pubs in the village, The Coach and Horses (aka The Plough) and The Wagon and Horses, are thought to originate from the 17th century. The Hull to Beverley road was turn-piked in 1741.
A private Act of Parliament allowing the construction of the Beverley and Skidby Drain was passed in 1785, and the Beverley and Barmston Drain allowed by an Act of 1798. In 1880 improvements to the lower reaches of the drainage system enabled further extraction, and a steam engine for drainage was installed at Dunswell for the Skidby Drain.[6] The drainage of the land reduced flooding, but caused some local wells to become dry.[7]
In around 1814 a non-conformist chapel ("Bethel") was built in the village for the Methodist New Connexion branch.[8] In the 1850s the village consisted of two Inns on the Hull and Beverley road, with the village west along Dunswell Lane, with fewer than twenty houses.[9] The village school opened in 1881.[7]
In 1893 the Newington Water Company gained authorisation to open a water supply works at Dunswell to replace a source at Swanland that had become contaminated by salt.[10] The company was taken over by the Hull Corporation shortly after.[11] In 1911 permission was given for additional water works at Dunswell, and after being halted by the First World War, This was one of the three main water supplies for the area.
St Faiths Church of England church opened in 1951; the non-conformist chapel held its last service in 1968.[7]
Low level housing development took place in the second half of the 20th century, with houses on Ings Lane, and houses and new cul-de-sac streets south of the Dunwell Lane/Beverley Road junction (The Meadows, Dene Close).[12] In 1985 the village became part of the civil parish of Woodmansey.[13]
Gallery
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Outside links
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- "St Faith's Church, Dunswell". www.stjohnnewland.org.uk. http://www.stjohnnewland.org.uk/stfaiths.asp.
- "Dunswell Academy". www.dunswellacademy.co.uk. http://www.dunswellacademy.co.uk/.
- "Dunswell Water Pumping Station". www.flickr.com. https://www.flickr.com/photos/29909805@N04/4653969140/., entrance detail
References
- ↑ "Dunswell Village Institute". www.ruralcommunitybuildings.org.uk. http://www.ruralcommunitybuildings.org.uk/list-venues/3_recreation-halls/10_dunswell-village-institute.html.
- ↑ "Auctions with Frank Hill & Son (Auctioneers & Valuers) Ltd". https://www.frankhillandson.co.uk/auctions.html.
- ↑ Overton, Charles (1861). The History of Cottingham. p. 10. https://books.google.com/books?id=WbwHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA10.
- ↑ Langdale, Thomas (1822). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire: Containing the Names of All the Towns, Villages, Hamlets .... pp. 140, 156. https://books.google.com/books?id=ckcQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156.
- ↑ Nicholson, John (1926). Place-names of the East Riding of Yorkshire. p. 35.
- ↑ Sheppard 1976, pp. 14, 21.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 East Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes 1991.
- ↑ Wollfe, John, ed (2000). Introduction, City of York and East Riding. 1. University of York – Borthwick Institute. 359, p.57.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1852–3. Sheet 226
- ↑ Aylwin & Ward 1969, p. 45.
- ↑ A History of the County of York: East Riding - Volume 1 pp @: The City of Kingston upon Hull: Water Supply (Victoria County History)@Water Supply
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1:10560, 1938–52; 1956; 1973–4; 1982–4; 1989–92
- ↑ A History of the County of York: East Riding - Volume 1 pp @: Thearne and Woodmansey (Victoria County History) @Thearne and Woodmansey
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 5.
- East Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (1991). Dunswell. Countryside Books. ISBN 1853061387. http://www.visitoruk.com/Beverley/dunswell-C592-V4680.html.
- Aylwin, E.; Ward, R. C. (1969). Development and utilisation of water supplies in the East Riding of Yorkshire. University of Hull. https://archive.org/details/developmentutili0000aylw.
- Jones, T. H. (1955). "The Water Supply of Kingston Upon Hull from 1292 to 1954, and the Future Sources of Supply". The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 75 (6): 386–400. doi:10.1177/146642405507500614. PMID 14396231.
- Sheppard, June A. (1976). Allison, K. J.. ed. The Draining of the Hull Valley. East Yorkshire Local History Society. http://www.jubileeriver.co.uk/draining%2520hull%2520valley.pdf.
