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| Name | Withernsea |
| Alt names | Withernsea | source: from redirect | | Widfornessei | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 309 | | Witfornes | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 309 |
| Type | Township, Chapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.718°N 0.033°E |
| Located in | East Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | Humberside, England (1974 - 1996) | | East Riding of Yorkshire, England (1996 - ) |
| See also | Hollym, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish in which Withernsea was a township-chapelry until 1866 | | Holderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which Withernsea was located | | Patrington Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district surrounding Withernsea (1894-1935) | | Holderness Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district surrounding Withernsea (1835-1974) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness. Its most famous landmark is the white inland lighthouse, rising around above Hull Road. The lighthouse – no longer active – now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was born in the town.
The Prime Meridian crosses the coast to the north-west of Withernsea.
According to the 2011 UK census, Withernsea parish had a population of 6,159, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 5,980.
From 1894 until 1974, Withersea was an urban district and surrounded first by Patrington Rural District, and then from 1935 by Holderness Rural District. Historically, the town was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Hollym in the Holderness Wapentake.
Humberside 1974-1996
In 1974 most of what had been the East Riding of Yorkshire was joined with the northern part of Lincolnshire to became a new English county named Humberside. The urban and rural districts of the former counties were abolished and Humberside was divided into non-metropolitan districts. The new organization did not meet with the pleasure of the local citizenry and Humberside was wound up in 1996. The area north of the River Humber was separated into two "unitary authorities"—Kingston upon Hull covering the former City of Hull and its closest environs, and the less urban section to the west and to the north which, once again, named itself the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The phrase "Yorkshire and the Humber" serves no purpose in WeRelate. It refers to one of a series of basically economic regions established in 1994 and abolished for most purposes in 2011. See the Wikipedia article entited "Regions of England").
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For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Withernsea.
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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)
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