Lelley is a small village in the civil parish of Elstronwick, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3 miles (5 km) north of Hedon. Lelley was formerly a township in the parish of Preston, in 1866 Lelley became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Elstronwick. In 1931 the parish had a population of 112. Lelley comes from the word 'Lelle' which means 'clearing in the woods'. The village contains a public house, two benches (one a war memorial and the other a millennium bench) and a telephone box. Lelley Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the village in 1859. In 1823 Lelly was in the parish of Preston and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population was 119, which included a carrier who operated between the village and Hull once a week. The Lelley Windmill, a six-storey corn mill completed in 1790, is a Grade II* Listed Building.

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Elstronwick

Elstronwick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the town of Hedon and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of the village of Burton Pidsea. The civil parish is formed by the villages of Elstronwick and Lelley together with the hamlet of Danthorpe. According to the 2011 UK census, Elstronwick parish had a population of 298, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 287. The name Elstronwick derives from the Old English Aelfstanwīc meaning 'Aelfstan's trading settlement'. The parish church of St Lawrence on Front Lane is designated a Grade II listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. There is also a chapel. A further Grade II listed building is Elstronwick Hall. Village amenities include a small playing field. In 1823 Baines's History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York gave Elstronwick's name as 'Elsternwick'. The village at the time was in the parish of Humbleton and in the Wapentake of Holderness. There was a chapel of ease, "apparently of great antiquity", and a free school. The village had a population of 154, with occupations including six farmers, two wheelwrights, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, and the licensed victualler of The Crown and Anchor public house. Also directory-listed was a school mistress, two gentlemen and a foreman. Once a week a carrier operated between the village and Hull. The Crown and Anchor closed and was converted into cottages c. 2015.
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Holderness (borough)

Holderness was a local government district and borough in northern England, named after the Holderness peninsula. It was formed on 1 April 1974 along with the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in which it was situated. It was formed from part of the administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding, namely: The municipal borough of Hedon, The urban districts of Hornsea and Withernsea, The Holderness Rural District. The council's headquarters were at Skirlaugh, in the converted workhouse that had been built in 1838. On 1 April 1996, Humberside and the borough were abolished, and it became part of the new unitary East Riding of Yorkshire.
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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.
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Humbleton

Humbleton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Hull city centre.