Nunkeeling
| Nunkeeling | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Mary Magdalene and St Helena, Nunkeeling | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA142496 |
| Location: | 53°55’48"N, 0°15’39"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Driffield |
| Postcode: | YO25 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Nunkeeling is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated approximately four miles north-west of the town of Hornsea and three miles south of Beeford.
Church
St Mary Magdalene and St Helena Church was built around the 12th century. In 1810 it was rebuilt, but it is now in ruins. In 1972 Pevsner noted that the church was "full of trees". Effigies from the church were removed to Hornsea.[1]
The remains of the church are a Grade II listed structure.[2]
History
Nunkeeling was formerly simply 'Keeling'. It is noted in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Chilinghr, in Holderness Wapentake.[3] The listed lord of the manor, Drogo de la Beuvrière, fled England in 1087 following the death of his wife. So William the Conqueror granted the manor to his sister Adelaide as part of the Lordship of Holderness, and her husband Odo, Count of Champagne became Earl of Holderness by right of his wife.
The name of the hamlet changed from Keeling to Nunkeeling [4] due to the fame of Nunkeeling Priory, built by Agnes de Arches during the reign of King Stephen for Benedictine nuns. Eventually the priory owned most of the surrounding land but declined into poverty.
In 1823 Nunkeeling was noted as a parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The Lord of the manor in 1823 was Harrington Hudson of Bessingby. The population at the time, which included Bewholme, was 243, with occupations including four farmers. A private asylum existed in the village.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Nunkeeling) |
- Nunkeeling in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: York & East Riding, 1972; 1995 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7
- ↑ National Heritage List 1249440: Church of Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Helena (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Nunkeeling in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; year: 1452; National Archives; CP40/764; image seen at: http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/bCP40no764dorses/IMG_1832.htm; first entry, with Philip Wentworth as the plaintiff & Robert Ouste, chaplain, as a defendant
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 374
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 9.