Garrowby
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| Garrowby | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Garrowby Hill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE793573 |
| Location: | 54°0’21"N, 0°47’25"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO41 |
| Dialling code: | 01759 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Yorkshire |
Garrowby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, sitting about five miles north of Pocklington town centre, to the north of the A166 road.
Garrowby Hill is the summit of Bishop Wilton Wold which is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is the subject of a 1998 painting by David Hockney.[1]
Garrowby Hall is a country house which stands in a 13,500 acre estate and is home to the Earl and Countess of Halifax.[2] The Wood family (the Earls of Halifax) have lived there for some 200 years. It was remodelled in 1980 by Francis Johnson.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Garrowby) |
- Garrowby in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Garrowby Hill". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/garrowby-hill-51520. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "The young elite 11-20". The Guardian. 12 March 2000. SSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/mar/12/rich.life11.
- Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.
