Place:Wyton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name of parish	Wyton
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 Wyton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and has been part of the civil parish of Bilton in Holderness since 1935. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Hull city centre. Wyton leads from Bilton through to Sproatley. Wyton is a small farming village with few houses, with rich soil, and large, open space. Its history is small, but it was a Quaker village in the 17th century. There are still signs of the Quakers, such as buried ploughing machines, buried clothes and the remains of the houses. end of Wikipedia contribution Wyton was originally a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Swine in the Holderness Wapentake. Wyton was made a civil parish in 1866 and 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 Bilton in Holderness.

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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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