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Skirlaugh Rural District
Skirlaugh was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1935. The district formed an area around the Hornsea urban district. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894. In 1935 the district was abolished by a County Review Order made under the Local Government Act 1929. and the area then formed part of the newly created Holderness Rural District. At the same time a small part was transferred to the municipal borough of Kingston upon Hull.
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Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Skirlaugh RD (historic map). Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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Whitedale railway station
Whitedale railway station was a railway station which served the villages of Rise and Withernwick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.
It opened on 28 March 1864 and closed following the Beeching Report on 19 October 1964.
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Holderness Wapentake
Holderness was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the south-easterly part of the county. Established in medieval times, it ceased to have much significance in the 19th century when the wapentakes were superseded by other administrative divisions for most local government purposes.
Because of its large area it was sub-divided into three divisions—North Division, Middle Division and South Division.
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New Ellerby
New Ellerby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Skirlaugh, lying to the east of the A165 road.
Together with its neighbour, Old Ellerby, it forms the civil parish of Ellerby.
In 1823, Edward Baines indicates Ellerby was in the civil parish of Swine, and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The population at the time, including the then settlements of Dowthorp, Langthorp and Owbrough, was 233, including five farmers, a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a shoemaker, the landlord of The Board public house, and a further farmer at Dowthorp.
New Ellerby was served from 1864 to 1964 by Burton Constable 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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Burton Constable railway station
Burton Constable railway station was a railway station which served the villages of Marton and Burton Constable in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.
It opened on 28 March 1864 as "Marton", but was renamed "Burton Constable" on 1 August 1864, to avoid confusion with various other Martons elsewhere. It was renamed again (to avoid confusion with Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway), on 1 January 1922 and became known as "Ellerby". It closed following the Beeching Report on 19 October 1964.