Flinton

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Flinton
Yorkshire
East Riding
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Location
Grid reference: TA220362
Location: 53°48’28"N, 0°8’51"W
Data
Post town: Hull
Postcode: HU11
Dialling code: 01964
Local Government
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Beverley and Holderness

Flinton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the Holderness peninsula and in the Holderness Wapentake. The village is about nine miles north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre, on the B1238 road.

In 1823 the village was noted with a population of 125.[1]

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References

  1. Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 206
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 5. 
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