Halsham

Halsham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Withernsea town centre and it lies south of the B1362 road.

Mausoleum of the Constable family, near Halsham

Halsham
Halsham
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population255 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTA273270
• London155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish
  • Halsham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU12
Dialling code01964
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

According to the 2011 UK census, Halsham parish had a population of 255,[1] a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 260.[2]

The parish church of All Saints was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[3] To the east of the church is a Mausoleum of the Constable family which is designated as a Grade II* listed building.[4]

HMS Halsham, a Ham class of inshore minesweeper, was named after the village.

In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 315. Occupations included sixteen farmers, three wheelwrights, a bricklayer, a grocer, a blacksmith, and the landlord of the Sun public house. A carrier operated between the village and Hull on Tuesdays. The village was described as consisting of "chiefly a number of respectable farm houses, scattered at irregular distances from each other." The mausoleum to the Constable family is described as of stone, with polished white marble facing, with, at its centre, a monument to Sir William Constable (Historic England credits it to Sir Edward; Pevsner to Sir William), built at a cost of £10,000. Sir John Constable of Kirkby Knowle in 1584 left 80/- (shillings) per year from his estate to be paid out in perpetuity: 20/- for the education of eight poor children with a further 24/- for their satchels and books; 32/- for eight poor men; and 4/- for two poor women. He provided for a hospital for the use of the poor men and women of the parish.[5]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Halsham Parish (1170211192)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Halsham Parish (00FB063)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1160776)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. Historic England. "Constable Mausoleum (1346604)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  5. Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 212. ISBN 1230139141.
  • Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.

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