Lelley
| Lelley | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Lelley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA209325 |
| Location: | 53°46’31"N, 0°9’59"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU12 |
| Dialling code: | 01482 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Lelley is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the Holderness peninsula. It is about seven miles north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and three miles north of Hedon.
The name ‘Lelley’ is from the Old English word 'legh' which means ‘meadow’ or 'clearing in the woods'.[1]
The village contains a public house, two benches (one a war memorial and the other a millennium bench) and a telephone box.
History
Lelley Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the village in 1859.[2]
In 1823 Lelly was noted as being in the parish of Preston and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The population was 119, which included a carrier who operated between the village and Hull once a week.[3]
About the village
The Lelley Windmill, a six-storey corn mill completed in 1790, is a Grade II* Listed Building.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Lelley) |
- Lelley in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Smith, A.H.: 'Place-Names of East Riding of Yorkshire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1937)
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Hull, 1899. Hull: Kelly's. 1899. p. 597. OCLC 1131686686.
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823)
- ↑ {{NHLE|1215991|Lelley Windmill, Elstonwick|grade=II*
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
