Place:Hempholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

Name of parish	Hempholme
Type of place	township, civil parish
Ancient parish	Leven
Wapentake	Holderness
First Rural District	Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred	Brandesburton
:the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia Hempholme is now a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Beverley town centre, and 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Driffield Navigation (a canal). In 1823 Hempholme was in the civil parish of Leven, and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population at the time was 93. Occupations included six farmers, some of whom were yeomen (landowning farmers), and a schoolmaster. Since 1935 Hempholme has formed part of the civil parish of Brandesburton. end of Wikipedia contribution Hempholme was originally a township within Leven, but was made a civil parish in 1866. In 1894 it joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 it ceased to be an independent civil parish and was absorbed into the parish of Brandesburton.

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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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