Place:Ganstead, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name of parish	Ganstead
Type of place	township, civil parish
Ancient parish	Swine
Wapentake	Holderness
First Rural District	Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred	Bilton in Holderness
:the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia Ganstead is now a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Hull city centre. It is divided into "Ganstead East" and "Ganstead West" by the A165 road which passes through the village. Ganstead forms part of the civil parish of Bilton in Holderness. In 1823 Ganstead was in the parish of Swine and in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population at the time was 61 and included four farmers and a corn miller.

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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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