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Bridlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was named after the town of Bridlington. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
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Bridlington
Bridlington is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is on the Holderness part (Flamborough Head to the Humber estuary) of the Yorkshire Coast by the North Sea. The town is about 28 miles (45 km) north of Hull and 34 miles (55 km) east of York. The stream called Gypsey Race flows through the town and enters the North Sea at the harbour.
The Priory Church of St Mary and associated Bayle (or gate) are Grade I listed buildings on the site of an Augustinian Priory. As a sea-fishing port, the town is known for shellfish, and is the largest lobster port in Europe, with over 300 tonnes of the crustaceans landed there each year. It has been termed the "Lobster Capital of Europe". Alongside manufacturing, retail and service firms, its main trade is summer tourism. It holds one of the UK's coastal weather stations.
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Gypsey Race
The Gypsey Race is a winterbourne stream in the Yorkshire Wolds. It rises to the east of Wharram-le-Street and flows through the villages of Duggleby, Kirby Grindalythe, West Lutton, East Lutton, Helperthorpe, Weaverthorpe, Butterwick, Foxholes, Wold Newton, Burton Fleming, Rudston and Boynton before emptying into the North Sea at Bridlington Harbour. It is the most northerly of the Yorkshire chalk streams.
The Gypsey Race rises in the Great Wold Valley through a series of springs and flows intermittently between Duggleby and West Lutton, where it runs underground in the chalk aquifer before re-surfacing in Rudston. It has been known during very wet conditions for the stream to reappear at Wold Newton, some 4.3 miles (7 km) north-west of Rudston. Water from the aquifer running between West Lutton and Wold Newton also heads south to reappear at Elmswell, feeding West Beck and the River Hull.
According to folklore, when the Gypsey Race is flowing in flood (the Woe Waters), bad fortune is at hand. It was in flood in the year before the Great Plague of 1665–66, the restoration of Charles II (1660) and the landing of William of Orange (1688), before both World War One and World War Two, plus the bad winters of 1947 and 1962.
The stream also badly flooded the village of Burton Fleming in 2012, when the water was 2 feet (0.61 m) deep in places.
Villagers in Boynton have an annual duck race on the stream in May. Hundreds of yellow plastic ducks are paid for and race the Race in aid of funds for the village hall.
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Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bridlington
Our Lady and St Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was built from 1893 to 1894 in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on the corner of Victoria Road and Wycliffe Lane, close to the town centre. It is a Grade II listed building.
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Bridlington railway station
Bridlington railway station serves the seaside town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.