Balkholme

Balkholme

Balkholme

Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Balkholme is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilpin and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 78.[1]

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Balkholme is to the south of the B1230 Howden to Gilberdyke road as it crosses the M62 motorway, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of the parish village of Kilpin. The county town of Beverley is 17 miles (27 km) to the north-east, the town of Howden 2.5 miles (4 km) west, and the town centre of Goole approximately 4 miles (6 km) south-west.

In 1823, Baines recorded that Balkholme was in the parish of Howden, and the wapentake and liberty of Howdenshire, and had a population of 105 including eight farmers.[2] Balkholme was formerly a township in the parish of Howden,[3] from 1866 Balkholme was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilpin and Eastrington, part also went to form Gilberdyke.[4]

At the east side of Balkholme is West Linton Farmhouse, a Grade II listed late 18th-century house, of two-storeys and three-bays. It is built of red brick in Flemish bond, with pantile roof, and has a 19th-century wing.[5]

There is a small RAF memorial garden on Brow Lane where a mid-air collision occurred during the Second World War between two Halifax Bombers of 578 Squadron.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Population statistics Balkholme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 152.
  3. [3]
    "History of Balkholme, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Relationships and changes Balkholme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. [5]
    Historic England. "West Linton Farmhouse (1355023)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. [6]
    "LEST WE FORGET LK-E and LK-K MEMORIALS: BALKHOLME EAST YORKSHIRE". 578 Squadron. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 3.
  • Media related to Balkholme at Wikimedia Commons
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