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Eastoft is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within the Isle of Axholme, 3 miles (5 km) northeast from Crowle, and on the A161 road. The 2001 UK census recorded a parish population of 378, increasing to 431 at the 2011 UK census. The village is a linear settlement along the A161 between Crowle and Goole, and includes a junction with the B1392 road leading to the village of Luddington. It comprises more than 2,600 acres (11 km2), and for the most part is only a little above sea-level. Eastoft became a separate parish on 25 September 1855, when it was created from parts of Adlingfleet and Crowle. In 1900 Kelly's Directory noted that although it was a single ecclesiastical parish, it was still two civil parishes, known as Eastoft, Yorkshire and Eastoft, Lincolnshire. The area of the parish was listed as 1,327 acres (537 ha) in Yorkshire and 1,312 acres (531 ha) in Lincolnshire. At the time, the church, the school and the vicarage were all located in Yorkshire, and there were two halls. William Coulman was a Justice of the Peace and lived in Eastoft Hall, Yorkshire, while William Halkon lived at Eastoft Hall, Lincolnshire. The plantation next to Halkon's residence had once housed a chapel of ease and a burial ground, but all traces of them had gone by 1900.
No evidence has been found so far as to when Eastoft was officially considered to be wholly a Lincolnshire parish. It appears to have been in the Goole Rural District of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974 when, like the area surrounding, it became part of Humberside until 1996. North Lincolnshire District and the unitary authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire were created at that time. [edit] Research Tips
Remember that the entire rural district became part of Humberside 1974-1996, but on the abolition of Humberside, some parishes joined Lincolnshire while others joined the East Riding of Yorkshire. This fact is covered on a parish by parish basis. Categories: West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Eastoft, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Osgoldcross Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Goole Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Boothferry District, Humberside, England | Humberside, England | North Lincolnshire District, Lincolnshire, England |