Everthorpe

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Everthorpe
Yorkshire
East Riding

Low Road, Everthorpe
Location
Grid reference: SE907319
Location: 53°46’32"N, -0°37’27"W
Data
Post town: Brough
Postcode: HU15
Dialling code: 01430
Local Government
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Haltemprice and Howden

Everthorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, eleven miles west of Hull city centre and ten miles east of of Howden, midway between North Cave and South Cave. The A63 road passes by a mile to the south the A1034 road a mile to the east.

In 1823 Everthorpe noted with a parish population was 177, which included Drewton, a hamlet less than a mile to the north-east. Occupations included three farmers, a corn miller, and the landlord of Duke of York public house.[1]

The area once has two prisons - HMP Everthorpe and HMP Wolds - in 2014 merged into one: HM Prison Humber.

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References

  1. Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 203
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 5.