Ottringham
| Ottringham | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Wilfrid's Church, Ottringham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA268243 |
| Location: | 53°42’2"N, 0°4’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 597 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU12 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Ottringham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on Holderness. It is found some twelve miles east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and five miles south-west of Withernsea, on the A1033 road from Hull to Withernsea.
The parish church, St Wilfrid, is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The 2011 census recorded Ottringham parish with a population of 597.
Ottringham contains two public houses and a service garage.
History
In 1823 parish inhabitants numbered 637. Occupations included twelve farmers, some of whom were land owners, four shoemakers, three grocers, two tailors, two wheelwrights, a blacksmith, a corn miller, a horse dealer, and the landlord of the White Horse public house. Two carriers operated between the village and Hull, South Frodingham, Holmpton, and Skeckling, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Letters were received and sent on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays by Wing's caravan [accommodation coach]. A Methodist chapel existed, built in 1815.[2]
Ottringham was served from 1854 to 1964 by Ottringham railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway.[3]
During the Second World War, in 1943, the BBC built a transmitting station at Ottringham, called BBC Ottringham or OSE5.[4] Its purpose was to counter the increase in German jamming signals, and to broadcast propaganda into Germany. Following the end of the war, and with lack of funds, the station was deconstructed in 1953 and its transmitters moved to Droitwich.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ottringham) |
- National Heritage List 1160874: St Wilfred's Church (Grade I listing)
- Subterranea Britannica on BBC Ottringham
- Ottringham in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1160874: Church of St Wilfred (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); pages 374, 375
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Baxter, Dale (10 September 2008). "Hidden history in Holderness". BBC Humberside. BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2006/02/19/bbc_ottringham_feature.shtml. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 9.
