Walkington

Walkington est un village et une paroisse civile du Yorkshire de l'Est, en Angleterre. Il est situé à 5 km au sud-ouest de la ville de Beverley, sur la route B1230 qui relie Beverley à la petite ville de Howden. La paroisse civile comprend le village de Walkington proprement dit et le hameau voisin de Broadgate, édifié sur le site de l'ancien hôpital psychiatrique de Broadgate (en), fermé en 1989. Au recensement de 2011, elle comptait 2 337 habitants.

1. Étymologie

Le nom Walkington provient d'un nom de personne vieil-anglais avec les suffixes -ing- et tūn. Il désigne ainsi un domaine terrien associé à un homme nommé *Walca. Il est attesté sous la forme Walchinton dans le Domesday Book, à la fin du XIe siècle.

1. Histoire

Le tumulus de Walkington Wold, qui remonte à l'âge du bronze, est situé à 2 km à l'ouest du village. Au haut Moyen Âge, les Anglo-Saxons l'utilisent comme lieu d'exécution et d'inhumation des condamnés à mort. Les sépultures de Walkington Wold comprennent les squelettes décapités de douze individus. Un trésor de l'âge du fer a été découvert en plusieurs fois à Walkington au début des années 2000. Il se compose de statères en or frappées durant la première moitié du Ier siècle par la tribu celte des Corieltauvi. Elles sont conservées au Yorkshire Museum

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Ressource relative à la géographie : Open Domesday Portail du Yorkshire

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Walkington is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south-west of the town of Beverley on the B1230 road, and Beverley Grammar School. The civil parish is formed by the village of Walkington and the hamlet of Broadgate. According to the 2011 UK census, Walkington parish had a population of 2,337, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 2,481. The name Walkington derives from the Old English Walcaingtūn meaning 'settlement connected with Walca'. To the east of the village is Broadgate, the site of a former mental hospital, named Broadgate Hospital. Another part of the former Broadgate Farm estate has been developed into a complex of holiday cottages named Broadgate Farm Cottages. The village has three public houses located along the main road, East End, the Barrel, the Ferguson Fawsitt Arms, and the Dog and Duck. Ferguson closed its doors on 4 October 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, although it reopened under new owners in early 2022. In the centre of Walkington is the village pond. The village school, Walkington Primary School is situated in Crake Wells, a minor street in the East End of the village. Before the year 1999 the school was divided between two sites which included the original school house at Northgate which dates back to the late 19th century. Before this, the street was called "School Lane". However, after a costly extension to the Crake Wells building, the infant and junior sections were joined together in 1999. The new building was officially opened by then Education Secretary David Blunkett, in October that year. The parish church of All Hallows is a Grade II* listed building. A Methodist church is situated next to West End.

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Walkington Hoard

The Walkington Hoard is a hoard of Corieltavian gold staters. They are a widely-scattered hoard which have been found by metal-detectorists over the course of a decade.

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Broadgate, East Riding of Yorkshire

Broadgate is a housing estate close to the village of Walkington, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the south-west of the market town of Beverley and lies on the B1230 road. Broadgate forms part of the civil parish of Walkington. Broadgate was the location of the Broadgate Hospital. The land the hospital was built upon was sold by nearby Broadgate Farm, the farm buildings are now converted into a small complex of luxury holiday cottages. After the hospital had been demolished, the former hospital site was redeveloped by Bryant Homes to create the current hamlet.

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Broadgate Hospital

Broadgate Hospital was a mental health facility to the east of Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Hospital Landmark

Humberside

Humberside () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and the northern part of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The county council's headquarters was County Hall at Beverley, inherited from East Riding County Council. Its largest settlement and only city was Kingston upon Hull. Other notable towns included Goole, Beverley, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Bridlington. The county stretched from Wold Newton at its northern tip to a different Wold Newton at its southernmost point. Humberside bordered North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south. It faced east towards the North Sea. On 1 April 1996, Humberside was abolished, and replaced with four unitary authority areas: North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Kingston upon Hull, and East Riding of Yorkshire. The name has continued in use as a geographical term, mainly in the media, and in the names of institutions such as Humberside Police and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service. These institutions did not change their names mainly due to costs. There were proposals to merge the police force with other Yorkshire forces and then change all the forces' names accordingly. However, these proposals were later ruled out. Humber Enterprise Zone was launched in 2012 to encourage industrial development at 16 sites around the estuary.

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