Welwick

Welwick 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) south of the town of Withernsea and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the village of Patrington on the B1445 road from Patrington to Easington.

Welwick
Welwick
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population297 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTA343210
• London150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish
  • Welwick
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU12
Dialling code01964
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The civil parish is formed by the village of Welwick and the hamlet of Weeton. According to the 2011 UK census, Welwick parish had a population of 297,[1] a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 307.[2]

In 1823 Welwick inhabitants numbered 410, including the settlements of Thorpe Plewland and Weeton. Occupations included eleven farmers, three shoemakers, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, a corn miller, a butcher, a tailor, a grocer who was also a draper, and the landlady of the Wheat Sheaf public house. There existed a Quaker Meeting House and a Methodist chapel. Baines' History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York mentions an ancient and "grand" monument within St Mary's Church supposedly removed from Burstall Abbey, and perhaps a memorial to either John de Fortibus or William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle. Welwickthorpe, in the parish of Welwick lay between the village and Patrington.[3]

St Mary's Church, Welwick

The parish church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building.[4]

A sand and gravel pit was established in the south-west of the parish in the 1930s, located parallel and south of Pant Drain, the site's development was driven by the 1930s building boom. The extracted material, which lay less than 1 foot below the ground was washed and grade separated on site by a rotary screen. By 1938 a rail tramway had been built to transport the excavated material to the main road - the line ran southwards from the midpoint of the B1445 between Welwick and Patrington, passing west of Haverfield House, to Oxlands Hill, and used a diesel shunting locomotive capable of hauling 120 tons; the material was transported in short wheelbase side tipping wagons.[5][6]

Notable residents
  • Christopher Wright and John Wright[7] - Gunpowder plotters
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References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Welwick Parish (1170211286)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Welwick Parish (00FB157)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York. pp. 398, 399. ISBN 1230139141.
  4. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1366256)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. "Holderness Geological Curiosity : Golden Sand and Gravel Being Drawn from the Earth". The Times (Hull and Lincolnshire Times): p. 6. 1 October 1938.
  6. Ordnance Survey map, 1:10560, 1956. Approximate locations: Tramway terminus on B1445; Terminus at Oxlands Hill
  7. Nicholls, Mark (2004). "Wright, John (bap. 1568, d. 1605)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2011. (subscription required)
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.

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