Lelley

Lelley

Lelley

Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Lelley is a small village in the civil parish of Elstronwick,[1] in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3 miles (5 km) north of Hedon.

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Lelley was formerly a township in the parish of Preston,[2] in 1866 Lelley became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Elstronwick.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 112.[4]

Lelley comes from the word 'Lelle' which means 'clearing in the woods'.[5]

The village contains a public house, two benches (one a war memorial and the other a millennium bench) and a telephone box.

Lelley Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the village in 1859.[6]

In 1823 Lelly was in the parish of Preston and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population was 119, which included a carrier who operated between the village and Hull once a week.[7]

The Lelley Windmill, a six-storey corn mill completed in 1790, is a Grade II* Listed Building.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Elstronwick Parish (E04000388)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    "History of Lelley, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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    "Relationships and changes Lelley CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Population statistics Lelley CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Lelley :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  6. [6]
    Kelly's Directory of Hull, 1899. Hull: Kelly's. 1899. p. 597. OCLC 1131686686.
  7. [7]
    Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 363
  8. [8]
    Historic England. "Lelley Windmill, Elstonwick (1215991)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.


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