Tickton
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| Tickton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Tickton Main Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA064419 |
| Location: | 53°51’45"N, 0°22’56"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,731 (2011) |
| Post town: | Beverley |
| Postcode: | HU17 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Tickton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, two miles east of Beverley, off the A1035 road. The village is about a mile long and contains two churches, two pubs, a primary school and a village shop which also serves as a post office.
The civil parish consists of the villages of Tickton and Hull Bridge together with the hamlets of Eske and Weel. According to the 2011 census, Tickton parish had a population of 1,731.
The place-name 'Tickton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Tichetone. The name means 'Tica's homestead or village'.[1]
Media
- Radio: Beverley FM, launched in 2015.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Tickton) |
- Tickton in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 473 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ "Just Beverley". Beverley FM. http://www.justbeverley.co.uk/news/362/beverley-fm-hits-the-airwaves. Retrieved 7 January 2016.