Tunstall, East Riding
| Tunstall | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Tunstall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA305319 |
| Location: | 53°46’4"N, 0°1’15"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU12 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Tunstall is a village on Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close to the North Sea coast.
Geography
Tunstall village is beside Roos (to whose parish it is allocated) on the Holderness peninsula, and found three miles north-west of the town of Withernsea. The sea coast is just half a mile to the east, and close by here the Greenwich Meridian crosses the coast: its northernmost point on land anywhere in the world.[1]
The coast at Tunstall is eroding at an average rate of four to six feet a year.[2]
To the south-east of Tunstall is a 550 pitch caravan holiday park, Sand le Mere Holiday Village.[3]
History
Tunstall is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Tunestal", within the manor of Withernsea.[4] The church of All Saints was originally of Norman construction, with many later alterations in the 13th and 14th centuries, primarily of beach cobble with stone dressings; a tower was added in the 15th century.[5]
A number of buildings in the village date to the early 18th century, including the cobble-built Town Farmhouse, Manor Farmhouse and nearby barn. The brick-built Hall Farmhouse was constructed in the later 18th century.
An inclosure act for the land around the village was passed in 1777.[6] The Kings Arms public house dates back to at least the 1850s.[7]
In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 163. Occupations included eight farmers, two shopkeepers, a tailor, a corn factor, and the landlady of the Cock public house. A carrier operated between the village and Hull on Tuesdays. Tunstall was close to the coastal Sand le Mar, an area frequented by neighbouring village inhabitants collecting sand and pebbles for the repair of roads.[8]
During the anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War a number of fortifications were constructed near Tunstall, including: a minefield north of the village, a weapons pit, several coastal pillboxes and tank traps.[9]
After the end of the Second World War, one of the pillbox structures was re-used as a nuclear explosion monitoring post (Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post) during the Cold War period.
The Greenwich Meridian was marked by a re-sited trig point in 1999; the marker fell into the sea in 2003 as a result of coastal erosion.[10]
In 2016, a 'Golf-Ball' style weather station was installed near the village to monitor weather conditions around the Westermost Rough Wind Farm.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Winn, Christopher (2010). I never knew that about Yorkshire. London: Ebury. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-09-193313-5.
- ↑ "Erosion & Flooding in the Parish of Roos". www.hull.ac.uk. East Riding of Yorkshire Council data sets, posts 71–79. http://www.hull.ac.uk/coastalobs/roos/erosionandflooding/index.html. Retrieved 2 February 2013.. Figures from 1950 to early 2000s.
- ↑ "We'll tow our caravan park to the top!: New owners have plans for seaside site". This is Hull and East Riding. 15 October 2010. http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/going-tow-caravan-park/story-11956561-detail/story.html. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ↑ Tunstall, East Riding in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1216255: Church of All Saints (Grade @ listing)
- ↑ Tunstall Enclosure Bill. 35. 17 March 1777. 89, 17 Geo. III. https://books.google.com/books?id=QBtDAAAAcAAJ.
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1545854 – The Kings Arms
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 396
- ↑ Stacey, Andrew. "Holderness : Tunstall". http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/Holderness/Holderness.htm#Tunstall. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ Dolan, Graham. "The Greenwich Meridian : Tunstal". www.thegreenwichmeridian.org. http://www.thegreenwichmeridian.org/tgm/location.php?i_latitude=53.760301. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.