Hilston
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| Hilston | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Margaret's Church, Hilston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA288336 |
| Location: | 53°46’59"N, 0°2’45"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU11 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Hilston is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately twelve miles east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and five miles north-west of Withernsea. It stands to the east of the B1242 road.
The Church of England parish church, St Margaret's[1] was built 1956–57 to designs by Francis Johnson to replace the church destroyed by a Second World War bomb in August 1941.[2]
About the village
By the village stands an octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower. It was built in 1750 as a folly for John Storr and today is a Grade II listed building.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hilston) |
- Hilston in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Hilston: St Margaret, Hilston". A Church Near You. Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hilston-st-margaret/. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: York & East Riding, 1972; 1995 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7page 472
- ↑ National Heritage List 1083508: Admiral Storr's Tower (Hilston Mount) (Grade II listing)