Kilnsea

Kilnsea
Kilnsea
 Kilnsea shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceTA409159
    London 145 mi (233 km)  S
Civil parishEasington
Unitary authorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial countyEast Riding of Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HULL
Postcode district HU12
Dialling code 01964
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentBeverley and Holderness
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Coordinates: 53°37′15″N 0°07′46″E / 53.620856°N 0.129497°E / 53.620856; 0.129497

Kilnsea is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of the village of Easington, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary.

The hamlet forms part of the civil parish of Easington.

15-foot high (4.6 m) First World War concrete acoustic mirror near Kilnsea.

East of Kilnsea is the Grade II listed First World War concrete acoustic mirror used as an early warning device.[1]

Kilnsea has one public house, the Crown and Anchor.

In 1823 Kilnsea was a civil parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Helen, was close to the cliff and in a "state of dilapidation" and "dangerous condition". Repairs were considered usless with the expectation that the sea, which had already swept away the graveyard, would take the church "in a short time". Population in 1823 was 196.[2]

References

  1. Historic England. "Acoustic mirror at TA 4106 1663 (1263347)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 360
  • Gazetteer AZ of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. 


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