Keyingham
| Keyingham | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Ship Inn, Main Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA245255 |
| Location: | 53°42’40"N, 0°6’45"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,314 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU12 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Keyingham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The village is about ten miles east of Kingston upon Hull city centre, on the A1033 road.
The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 2,314.
History
A possible Iron Age or Roman enclosure has been found 800 yards north-east of the present village, identified by aerial photography,[1] and at the north and south of the village is evidence of mediæval earthworks, field boundaries, ponds, trackways, and ridges and furrows. Less than a mile west of the village is the site of St Philips Well, a mediæval spring.
Keyingham is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as in the Wapentake of Holderness, with 31 households, 30 villeins, one priest and a church. Eight ploughlands and 24 acres of meadow are recorded. In 1066 Thorfridh held the lordship, this transferred by 1086 to Drogo of la Beuvrière, who was also Tenant-in-chief to the King.[2]
In 1823, Keyingham was noted (as ‘Kyingham’) as a parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The patronage of the church was under the Archbishop of York. In 1802, the interest from a bequest of 200 shillings was left for the education of poor parish children of 'Kayingham', administered by the churchwardens, and the incumbent who held his post as a perpetual curate. Parish population in 1823 was 639. Occupations included eight farmers, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, four grocers, a corn miller, six shoemakers, two tailors, one of whom was also a draper, a bricklayer who was also the parish clerk, a school master, the landlord of The Blue Bell and the landlady of The Gate public houses. Two carriers operated between the village and Hull twice weekly.[3]
Keyingham was served from 1854 to 1964 by Keyingham railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway.[4]
Parish church
The parish church, St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building. Its spire was removed and parapets rebuilt in the late 1960s.[5]
Within St Nicholas' Church south chapel was a memorial to Philip Ingleberd , who died around 1324. The remains of the mediæval ashlar St Philip's Cross is here, Grade II listed, dedicated to Ingleberd, and now stands on Church Lane.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Keyingham) |
- Keyingham in the Domesday Book
- Information on Keyingham from GENUKI
References
- ↑ Rectangular enclosure, defined by a broad ditch: Heritage Gateway
- ↑ Keyingham in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); pages 358, 359
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1160841: Church of St Nicholas (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1083484: Base of St Philip's Cross East of Ebor House, Keyingham (Grade II listing)
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
