Newport, East Riding

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Newport
Yorkshire
East Riding

St Stephen's Church, Newport
Location
Grid reference: SE858304
Location: 53°45’47"N, -0°41’60"W
Data
Population: 1,538  (2001)
Post town: Brough
Postcode: HU15
Dialling code: 01430
Local Government
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Haltemprice and Howden

Newport is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It has a parish church, St Stephen's, a village school, a few shops, a couple of pubs and two play parks.

The village lies approximately 7 miles east of the town of Howden, on the B1230 road to the south of the M62 motorway. The Market Weighton Canal passes through the village.

According to the 2001 census, Newport parish then had a population of 1,538.

References

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Newport)
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.