Place:North Skirlaugh, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name	North Skirlaugh
Alt names	North Skirlaugh Rowton and Arnold	source: formal name of parish
	Schirelai	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
	Schireslai	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
	Scirlai	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	53.834°N 0.254°W
Located in	East Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in	Yorkshire, England
See also	Swine, 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
	Riston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	parish into which it was absorbed in 1935

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source: Family History Library Catalog

Name of parish	North Skirlaugh
Type of place	township, civil parish
Ancient parish	Swine
Wapentake	Holderness
First Rural District	Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred	Riston
North Skirlaugh was made a civil parish in 1866. It was formed from the townships of North Skirlaugh, Rowton, and Arnold that were parts of the very large ancient parish of Swine. (Rowton Farm and the hamlet of Arnold are visible on the Ordnance Survey map of 1900). Another parish which was formed out of Swine at the same time was Long Riston which took on the township and hamlet of Arnold. In 1935 North Skirlaugh and Long Riston merged and the new parish was named Riston. [edit] A nineteenth century description A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Skirlaugh from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72: "SKIRLAUGH, a village, two townships, a chapelry, a [registration] sub-district, and a [registration] district, in [East Riding of] Yorkshire. The village stands adjacent to the Hull and Hornsea railway, 8½ miles NE by N of Hull; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Hull. The townships are North Skirlaugh and South Skirlaugh; and are separated from each other by Lambwith drain. Acres: 510 and 1,190. Real property: £3,068 and £2,319, (the former inclusive of Arnold). Population: 323 and 364, (the former inclusive of 64 in the workhouse). Houses: 59 and 77. The manor of North [Skirlaugh] belongs to R. Bethell, Esq.; and that of South [Skirlaugh], to Sir T. A. Constable.

"The chapelry includes the two townships, and extends beyond them; and is in Swine parish. Population: 910. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of York. Value: £92. Patron: the Archbishop of York. The church was restored in 1819. There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £11 a year, and charities £51. Bishop Walter Skirlaw and the historian Bigland were natives of South [Skirlaugh]."

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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)