Place:Bewholme and Nunkeeling, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameBewholme and Nunkeeling
Alt namesChelingesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
Chilingesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
Chilinghesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
Nunkeelingsource: settlement in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates53.918°N 0.254°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Humberside, England     (1974 - 1996)
East Riding of Yorkshire, England     (1996 - )
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
Dunnington (near Hornsea), East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish absorbed in 1935
Bewholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandnew name of parish after 1935
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Bewholme

Bewholme is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the town of Hornsea.

The civil parish is formed by the villages of Bewholme and Dunnington (near Hornsea) and the hamlet of Nunkeeling. According to the 2011 UK census, Bewholme parish had a population of 232, a slight increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 230.

The village has a church, St John Baptist, built in 1900 by S. Walker of Bridlington. The former vicarage was designed by William Burges, who also drew up an unexecuted design for the church.

Nunkeeling

Nunkeeling is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the town of Hornsea and 3 miles (5 km) south of Beeford.

The Church of St Mary Magdalene and St Helena was built c. 12th century. In 1810 it was rebuilt, and is now in ruins. In 1972 Pevsner noted that the church was "full of trees". Effigies from the church were removed to Hornsea. In November 1985 the remains were designated as a Grade II [listed building].

In 1823 Nunkeeling was a civil parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Nunkeeling Priory for Benedictine nuns was built by Agnes de Arches during the reign of King Stephen. Lord of the manor in 1823 was Harrington Hudson of Bessingby. Population at the time, which included Bewholme, was 243, with occupations including four farmers. A private asylum existed in the village. Nunkeeling now forms part of the civil parish of Bewholme.

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Bewholme and Nunkeeling was originally an ecclesiastical parish in the Holderness Wapentake. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 it joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 the parish was expanded to include the parish of Dunnington and renamed Bewholme. At the same time the rural district was abolished and absorbed into the larger Holderness Rural District. The parish remained in Holderness Rural District until 1974. In that year all rural districts were abolished along with the administrative county of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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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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.
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