Keyingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and lies on the A1033 road.

Keyingham
Ship Inn, Main Street
Keyingham is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Keyingham
Keyingham
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population2,314 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTA245255
• London150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish
  • Keyingham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU12
Dialling code01964
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°42′40″N 0°06′45″W / 53.7112°N 0.1126°W / 53.7112; -0.1126

History

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A possible Iron Age or Roman enclosure was 800 yards (1 km) north-east from the present village, identified by aerial photography,[2] and at the north and south of the village is evidence of medieval earthworks, field boundaries, ponds, trackways, and ridges and furrows.[3][4][5] Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village is the site of St Philips Well, a medieval water spring.[6]

Keyingham is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as in the Hundred of Holderness, with 31 households, 30 villagers, one priest and a church. Eight ploughlands and 24 acres (0.1 km2) of meadow are recorded. In 1066 Thorfridh held the lordship, this transferred by 1086 to Drogo of la BeuvriËre, who was also Tenant-in-chief to King William I.[7]

In 1823, Keyingham (or Kyingham) was a civil parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The patronage of the ecclesiastical parish and church was under the Archbishop of York. In 1802, the interest from a bequest of 200 shillings was left for the education of poor parish children of 'Kayingham', administered by the churchwardens, and the incumbent who held his post as a perpetual curate. Parish population in 1823 was 639. Occupations included eight farmers, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, four grocers, a corn miller, six shoemakers, two tailors, one of whom was also a draper, a bricklayer who was also the parish clerk, a school master, the landlord of The Blue Bell and the landlady of The Gate public houses. Two carriers operated between the village and Hull twice weekly.[8]

Keyingham was served from 1854 to 1964 by Keyingham railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway.[9]

Community

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St Nicholas' Church

According to the 2011 UK Census, Keyingham parish had a population of 2,314,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 2,302.[10]

The parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building. Its spire was removed and parapets rebuilt in the late 1960s.[11] Within St Nicholas' Church south chapel was a shrine to Philip Ingleberd (died c. 1324). The remains of the medieval ashlar St Philip's Cross, Grade II listed and dedicated to Ingleberd, stands on Church Lane.[12] Further parish listed structures are a farmhouse, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the south at Little Dam Lane,[13] The Old Vicarage on Station Road,[14] and two windmill towers, one on Mill Road, the other on Ottringham Road.[15][16][17][18]

Keyingham amenities and businesses include a doctor's surgery, a Co-operative food store, a newsagent, a butchers, takeaway outlets, a funeral directors, hairdressers, and a village hall. The village public house is the Ship Inn on Main Street. A further public house and a former coaching inn on Main Street, the Blue Bell, closed in 2012 now re-opened. Two horticultural nurseries which cover an area almost equal to that of the village are at the east and west of the village. To the west are sand and gravel pits. Highland cattle are kept in a field just outside the village.

Education

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The village has one primary school, Keyingham Primary School. It was opened to pupils at the beginning of the 2007 school year, replacing the former infant school on the same site.[19] The new school combines the former junior and infant schools, the junior school being based in a former board school building across the road which closed in 2006. The schools serve children from Keyingham and the neighbouring village of Ottringham just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east.

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Keyingham Parish (1170211209)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1336159 (1336159)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1462807 (1462807)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1462805 (1462805)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1462888 (1462888)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. ^ Historic England. "St Philips Well (81693)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Keyingham" Archived 7 December 2014 at archive.today, Open Domesday, University of Hull. Retrieved 7 December 2014
  8. ^ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. pp. 358, 359.
  9. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  10. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Keyingham Parish (00FB080)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (1160841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Base of St Philip's Cross Approximately 10 Centimetres East of Ebor House, Keyingham (1083484)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Saltaugh Grange Farmhouse, Keyingham (1310359)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  14. ^ Historic England. "The Old Vicarage (1083486)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Windmill Tower Approximately 20 Metres South West of Mill House (1160858)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Windmill Tower at Mill Nurseries (1083485)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  17. ^ Historic England. "Old Mill (497783)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  18. ^ Historic England. "Keyingham New Mill (498002)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  19. ^ "Keyingham History". Keyingham Parish Council. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
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