Kiplingcotes

Kiplingcotes

Kiplingcotes

Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the market town of Market Weighton, and 3 miles (5 km) to the west of Etton.[1]

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The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Climbicote, having two ploughlands and belonging to the Archbishop of York.[2] The name was most often written as two words (Kipling Cotes, or Kipling Coates), and means The cottages of Cybbel's people, Cybbel being an Old English personal name.[3] It was originally part of the parish of Middleton on the Wolds, which was in the wapentake of Harthill.[4] It is now split between the civil parishes of Dalton Holme and Etton, and is represented at Parliament as part of the Beverley and Holderness Constituency.[5]

Kiplingcotes is the location for the annual Kiplingcotes Derby horse race. The 500th race took place on 21 March 2019.[6]

The hamlet was served by Kiplingcotes railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1865 and 1965.[7]

In 1823 Kiplingcotes (then alternatively Kipling Coates House), a farmer was listed as the only inhabitant.[8]

Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve, to the west of the hamlet is managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.[9]

In 1993, the name Kiplingcotes was removed from Ordnance Survey mapping, and Humberside County Council refused to place new signs directing people to the hamlet.[10]

  • Kiplingcotes station, now disused
  • Benchmark used as the start post for the Kiplingcotes Derby
  • Kiplingcotes Quarry Nature Reserve in April

References

  1. [1]
    "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kipling Cotes". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Kipling Cotes | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    Smith, A. H. (1970) [1937]. Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York. London: Cambridge University Press. p. 165. ISBN 0521049075.
  4. [4]
    "Genuki: Middleton On The Wolds, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Kiplingcotes Derby: Oldest horse race celebrates 500th anniversary". BBC News. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. [7]
    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.
  8. [8]
    Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 361
  9. [9]
    "Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit | YWT". www.ywt.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  10. [10]
    Wilkinson, Paul (6 September 1993). "Domesday hamlet wants to put itself back on the map". The Times. No. 64741. p. 6. ISSN 0140-0460.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.


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