Place:Dunnington (near Hornsea), East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Name	Dunnington (near Hornsea)
Alt names	Dunnington (near Hornsea)	source: from redirect
	Dunnington
	Dodintone	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 306
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	53.95°N 0.237°W
Located in	East Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in	Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
See also	Beeford, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	ancient parish of which it was part
	Holderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	wapentake in which the parish was located
	Skirlaugh Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	rural district in which it was located 1894-1935
	Bewholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	parish into which it was transferred in 1935

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: Dunnington (near Hornsea) should not be confused with the larger Dunnington (near York), now located within the City of York.

Name of parish	Dunnington (near Hornsea)
Type of place	township, civil parish
Ancient parish	Beeford
Wapentake	Holderness
First Rural District	Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred	Bewholme
:the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia Dunnington is now a village in the parish of Bewholme in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the town of Hornsea and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the village of Beeford. end of Wikipedia contribution A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Dunnington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72: "DUNNINGTON, a township in Beeford parish, [East Riding of Yorkshire]; 4½ miles NW of Hornsea. Acres: 841. Real property: £1,105. Population: 86. Houses: 17." Dunnington was originally a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Beeford in the Holderness Wapentake. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 it joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 it ceased to be an independant civil parish and the area was transferred to the parish of Bewholme.

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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)