Walkington
| Walkington | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 The village pond, Walkington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE996371 |
| Location: | 53°49’14"N, 0°29’17"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,337 (2011) |
| Post town: | Beverley |
| Postcode: | HU17 |
| Dialling code: | 01482 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Walkington is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, three miles south-west of its nearest town, Beverley, on the B1230 road. In the centre of Walkington is a village pond.
The wider civil parish includes a dependent hamlet, Broadgate, and the 2011 census recorded this parish with a population of 2,337.
To the east of the village is Broadgate, the site of a former mental hospital, named Broadgate Hospital.[1]
Another part of the former Broadgate Farm estate has been developed into a complex of holiday cottages named Broadgate Farm Cottages.
The village has three public houses located along the main road, East End, the Barrel, the Ferguson Fawsitt Arms, and the Dog and Duck. Ferguson closed its doors on 4 October 2020 due to the coronavirus lockdown,[2] although it reopened under new owners in early 2022.
Churches
The parish church, the Church of All Hallows, is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
A Methodist church is situated next to West End.
Ancient remains
A few miles west of Walkington is the Bronze Age barrow complex of Walkington Wold. The remains there include the Walkington Wold Burials, the decapitated remains of Anglo-Saxon criminals.[4]
To the east of the village is one of the mediæval stone boundary markers for the sanctuary of Saint John of Beverley that is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[5]
The Walkington Hoard, and other coins of the Corieltauvi tribe were discovered in large numbers between 2001 and 2008. They are now at the Yorkshire Museum.[6][7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Walkington) |
- Walkington Parish Council
- Walkington Village News
- Walkington Primary School
- Walkington Playing Field Association
- Walkington Life blog
- National Heritage List 1161425: All Hallows' Church
- Walkington in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Broadgate Hospital". County Asylums. https://www.countyasylums.co.uk/broadgate-beverly/.
- ↑ Riley, Anna (30 August 2020). "'Great sadness' as popular East Yorkshire pub announces closure". https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/east-yorkshire-pub-announces-closure-4471308.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1161425: Church of All Hallows (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "Grisly discovery of headless bodies gives insight into justice Saxon style". Yorkshire Post. 31 December 2007. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/grisly_discovery_of_headless_bodies_gives_insight_into_justice_saxon_style_1_2485462.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1012591: Beverley sanctuary limit stone, Walkington cross (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Griffiths, Rebecca. "COIN HOARD: YORYM-E42AA8". The British Museum. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/267685.
- ↑ Woods, Andrew. "Yorkshire Hoards - Prehistoric Wealth". Google / York Museums Trust. https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/exhibit/yorkshire-hoards/QRq2DoZm?hl=en-GB&position=6%2C79.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.