Kilnsea
| Kilnsea | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Helen's Church, Kilnsea | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA409159 |
| Location: | 53°37’15"N, 0°7’46"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU12 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Kilnsea is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on Holderness. It is situated approximately two miles south of Easington, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary.
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East of Kilnsea is a concrete acoustic mirror built during the First World War to be used as an early warning device. It is a Grade II listed building[1]
Kilnsea has one public house, the Crown and Anchor.
History
In 1823 Kilnsea was noted as a parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The parish church, dedicated to St Helen, was close to the cliff and in a "state of dilapidation" and "dangerous condition". Repairs were considered useless with the expectation that the sea, which had already swept away the graveyard, would take the church "in a short time". Population in 1823 was 196.[2]
The old St Helen's Church was lost to the sea in 1826, and was replaced by a new church in 1865, at a cost of £420, that incorporated some salvaged remains of the old building.[3] The church is a Grade II listed building.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Kilnsea) |
- National Heritage List 1263347: Acoustic mirror
- Kilnsea in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1263347: Acoustic mirror at TA 4106 1663 (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 360
- ↑ "Consecration of Kilnsea Church". York Herald: p. 9. 29 April 1865. http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000499/18650429/050/0009. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1455135: Church of St Helen, Kilnsea (Grade II listing)
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006.
