Place:Kilham, Yorkshire, England

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Kilham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about north-east of Driffield town centre. According to the 2001 UK census, Kilham parish had a population of 1,010.

Kilham was once an important market town in the Yorkshire Wolds, bigger and more important than Driffield at one time. It held annual trading fairs and had a large number of businesses and a considerable population. The town declined in size and status following the building of the Driffield Navigation, which took trade away from Kilham to nearby Driffield.

At one time there were six schools in the village, but only one now remains, Kilham C. of E. primary school.

Kilham's Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints. The church hosts an annual flower festival. Outside the church can be found an old tethering ring in a stone block - evidence of the cattle trade which once took place in the village. There is also a cast-iron water pump opposite All Saints.

David Byas, the former Yorkshire cricket captain, was born in Kilham.

In 2010 the Kilham Playing Field Association opened a recreational playing field on Back Lane, to provide a full-sized football pitch, a 5-a-side football pitch, grass tennis courts, adventure playground and cycle track. The Association, a registered charity, has been funded locally and through the Big Lottery fund and Grassroots.

Other villages near Kilham: Ruston Parva*, Harpham, Lowthorpe, Nafferton, Burton Agnes, Rudston, Thwing, Little Driffield, Driffield, Burton Fleming, Carnaby, Foston on the Wolds, Boynton, Fraisthorpe.

• *Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.

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