Hilston

Hilston

Hilston

Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Hilston is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.[1]

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Governance

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Roos,[2] Hilston is now represented locally by Roos Parish Council[3] while at county level is in the South East Holderness ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[4] At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

Landmarks

Admiral Storr's Tower, near Hilston

An octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower, that was built in 1750 as a folly for John Storr and is designated a Grade II listed building and recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[5]

The Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret[6] and was built 1956–57 to designs by Francis Johnson to replace the church destroyed by a Second World War bomb in August 1941.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Population statistics Hilston AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Relationships and changes Hilston AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Parish Description". Roos Parish Council. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. [4]
    Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.
  5. [5]
    Historic England. "Admiral Storr's Tower (Hilston Mount) (1083508)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Hilston: St Margaret, Hilston". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  7. [7]
    Pevsner, N.; Neave, D. (1995). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Buildings of England. Yale University Press. p. 472. ISBN 9780300095937.

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