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Burton Constable Hall is a large Elizabethan country house in England, with 18th- and 19th-century interiors and a fine 18th-century cabinet of curiosities. The hall, a Grade I listed building, is set in a park designed by Capability Brown with an area of 300 acres (1.2 km2). It is located 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the village of Skirlaugh in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of the city of Hull, and has been the home of the Constable family for over 400 years. The hall and park are owned by the Burton Constable Foundation, a registered charity.
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Burton Constable
Burton Constable is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the village of Skirlaugh. The civil parish is formed by the village of Burton Constable and the hamlets of Marton and West Newton. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 115.
The name Burton derives from the Old English burhtūn meaning 'settlement at the fort'. 'Constable' derives from Ulbert le Conestable, who married the widow of the village's manor.
It is the site of Burton Constable Hall, a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house.
Burton Constable was served from 1864 to 1964 by Burton Constable railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.
Marmaduke Tunstall, the 18th-century ornithologist, was born in the village.
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West Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire
West Newton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Hornsea. In 1935, both the townships of Marton and West Newton were merged into the civil parish of Burton Constable.
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Old Ellerby
Old Ellerby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Skirlaugh, lying to the east of the A165 road.
Together with its neighbour New Ellerby it forms the civil parish of Ellerby.
In 1823 Ellerby was in the civil parish of Swine, and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population at the time, including the then settlements of Dowthorp, Langthorp and Owbrough, was 233. Occupations included five farmers, a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a shoemaker, and the landlord of The Board public house, and a further farmer at Dowthorp.
Old Ellerby was served from 1864 to 1902 by Ellerby railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.
The name Ellerby derives from the Old English personal name Aelfweard and the Old Norse bȳ meaning 'village'.
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Sproatley
Sproatley is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Hedon at the junction of the B1238 and B1240 roads.
The name Sproatley derives from the Old English sprotalēah meaning 'sprout wood/clearing'.
The village church, dedicated to St. Swithin, is said to contain a small chamber organ built by 'Father' Smith in the late 17th, early 18th century. The church was designated a Grade II listed building in 1987.
According to the 2011 UK census, Sproatley parish had a population of 1,350, a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,353.