Place:Bonwick, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameBonwick
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoHolderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located
Skirlaugh Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Holderness Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1935-1974
Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Bewholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish into which it was absorbed in 1935
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England Humberside, England|1974|1996 East Riding of Yorkshire, England|1996

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bonwick from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BONWICK, a township in Skipsea parish, [East Riding of Yorkshire] ; near the coast, 4¼ miles NNW of Hornsea. Acres: 745. Real property: £837. Population: 31. Houses: 2."

Bonwick was originally a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Skipsea in the Holderness Wapentake. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 it joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 the civil parish was abolished and Bonwick was absorbed into the parish of Bewholme. At the same the rural district was abolished absorbed into the larger Holderness Rural District.

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Holderness

This is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the Yorkshire Wolds. The Prime Meridian passes through Holderness just to the east of Patrington.

From 1974 to 1996 Holderness lay within the Borough of Holderness in the short-lived county of Humberside. Holderness was the name of an ancient administrative area called a wapentake until the 19th century, when its functions were replaced by other local government bodies, particularly after the 1888 Local Government Act and the 1894 Local Government Act. The city of Kingston upon Hull lies in the southwest corner of Holderness and the town of Bridlington borders the northeast, but both are usually considered to be outside Holderness. The main towns include Beverley, Withernsea, Hornsea and Hedon. The Holderness Coast stretches from Flamborough Head to Spurn Head.
(Source: Wikipedia)