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Haltemprice
Haltemprice is an area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, directly to the west of Hull. Originally an extra-parochial area, it became a civil parish in 1858, in 1935 it was expanded by the combination of the urban districts of Cottingham, Anlaby, and Sculcoates to form a new urban district; the district included the villages of Anlaby, Cottingham, Hessle, Kirk Ella, Skidby, West Ella and Willerby. Urban districts were abolished 1974. As of 2012 Haltemprice gives its name to the Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency), and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council run 'Haltemprice Leisure Centre' in Anlaby. Background and etymology Haltemprice Priory was established as an Augustinian religious dwelling in the 14th century. The name is thought to derive from the French ''Haute Emprise'' (High enterprise). The priory existed until the 16th century and the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. Settlement continued at Haltemprice as 'Haltemprice Farm', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davis (British Politician)
David Michael Davis (born 23 December 1948) is a British politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency), Haltemprice and Howden, formerly Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency), Boothferry, since 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987. Davis was sworn of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Council in the 1997 New Year Honours, having previously been Minister of State for Europe from 1994 to 1997. He was brought up on the Aboyne Estate, a council estate in Tooting, List of sub regions used in the London Plan, South West London. After attending Bec Grammar School in Tooting he gained an MBA at the age of 25 and went into a career with Tate & Lyle. Having entered Parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haltemprice And Howden (UK Parliament Constituency)
Haltemprice and Howden is a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Davis, a Conservative who was also Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union until his resignation from that role on 8 July 2018. Members of Parliament Constituency profile The Electoral Reform Society considers it to be historically the safest seat in the country, after North Shropshire was lost to the Liberal Democrats in 2021. Taking into account the previous seats roughly covering its boundaries, the Society considers that the seat has been held continuously by the Conservative Party since the 1837 general election. Boundaries The constituency covers a large, wide area stretching from the border of Hull in the east to Howden in the west and northwards to Holme-on-Spalding-Moor towards York in the Yorkshire Wolds. The bulk of the population is centred in the villages of Willerby, Kirk Ella, Anlaby and Cott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willerby, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Willerby is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish located on the western outskirts of the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Willerby was a minor settlement up to the 20th century, during which it became a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, and its urban development extended south-eastwards towards Hull. The village centre is located about west of Kingston upon Hull city centre and lies outside the city boundary. History Until the 20th century Willerby was a small village. Enclosure of land around Willerby was enabled by acts of parliament in 1796 and 1824. In 1844 the population of the township of Willerby was 214 persons, in 45 houses. By the 1850s Willerby had a primitive methodist chapel (built 1850), a Hall, ''Oak Hill House'',Ordnance Survey, Sheet 225, 6" to 1 mile (1:10560), 1855 dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, now known as ''Willerby Hall'', and another large dwelling, the ''Summer House'', later known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottingham, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Cottingham is a large village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England with average affluence. It lies north-west of the centre of Kingston upon Hull, and south-east of Beverley on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. It has two main shopping streets, Hallgate and King Street, which cross each other near the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, and a market square called Market Green. Cottingham had a population of 17,164 residents in 2011, making it larger by area and population than many towns. However, it is one of the villages claiming to be the largest village in England. History Origin of name "Cottingham" is thought to derive from both British and Saxon root words: "Cot" from ''Ket'', relating to the deity Ceridwen; ''ing'' a water meadow; and ''ham'' meaning home; the name corresponding to "habitation in the water meadows of Ket". The name has also been suggested to derive from a man's name "Cotta" plus ''-inga-'' (OE belon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Ella
Kirk Ella is a village and civil parish on the western outskirts of Kingston upon Hull, approximately west of the city centre, situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish includes West Ella. Kirk Ella has been a village since at least the 11th century: it remained a relatively unimportant hamlet until the 18th and 19th centuries, when it became a location of choice for merchants of Hull wishing to live outside the city. Several large houses were built during this period, without any substantial increase in village population. After the 1920s, the village grew substantially, with large amounts of high quality housing surrounding the traditional village centre. The village continued to grow during the second half of the 20th century, becoming a large suburb, contiguous with Anlaby and Willerby. The civil parish is called "Kirk Ella and West Ella". Geography Kirk Ella is primarily residential, but has a few shops. Modern Kirk Ella is contiguous w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Riding Of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south. The coastal towns of Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea are popular with tourists, the town of Howden contains Howden Minster, Market Weighton, Pocklington, Brough, Hedon and Driffield are market towns with markets held throughout the year and Hessle and Goole are important port towns for the county. The port city of Kingston upon Hull is an economic, transport and tourism centre which also receives much sea freight from around the world. The current East Riding of Yorkshire came into existence in 1996 after the abolition of the County of Humberside. The county's administration is in the ancient market town of Beverley. The landscape is mainly rural, consisting of rolling hills, valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Ella
West Ella is a small village in the civil parish of Kirk Ella west of Kirk Ella settlement, within the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, approximately west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. The village lies on West Ella Road, between Kirk Ella and Swanland – it was beautified by the owners the Sykes family in the 19th century, and as a consequence much of the area is now a conservation area, with many listed buildings. In the two decades after the end of the Second World War the village expanded, more than doubling the housing stock, mainly high quality detached dwellings, with much of the new housing along an additional road, Elveley Drive, running north. West Ella is considered to be one of the most exclusive and desirable villages to live in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Geography The small village of West Ella is around roughly west of the traditional village centre of Kirk Ella; much of the village's housing is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anlaby
Anlaby is a village forming part of the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Anlaby with Anlaby Common. History Anlaby is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Umlouebi" or "Unlouebi", a habitation within the manor of North Ferriby which was of 19 persons including a priest. The name is thought to derive from the Old Norse personal name '' Óláfr'' (or ''Unlaf'', ''Anlaf'') and ''by'' meaning 'farmstead': "Anlaf's village". By the beginning of the 13th century the village was known by the spelling "Anlauebi". Shortly after the establishment of Kingston upon Hull by Edward I, a road from Hull to Anlaby was constructed in 1302. In 1392 some inhabitants of Anlaby, Cottingham and 'Woolferton' rioted over the construction of canals supplying water from sources near their villages to Kingston upon Hull; approximately 1,000 are said to have laid siege unsuccessfully to Hull, and some of the ring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Statesman (1987 TV Series)
''The New Statesman'' is a British sitcom made in the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the United Kingdom's Conservative government of the period. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as a starring vehicle for, its principal actor Rik Mayall. The show's theme song is an arrangement by Alan Hawkshaw of part of the ''Promenade'' from ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The programme was made by the ITV franchise Yorkshire Television between 1987 and 1992, although the BBC made two special episodes; one in 1988, the other in 1994. Cast list *Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard MP *Michael Troughton as Piers Fletcher-Dervish MP *Marsha Fitzalan as Sarah B'Stard *Rowena Cooper as Norman/Norma Bormann (Series 1; she was credited as "R. R. Cooper" in all but episode six, in order to keep her gender uncertain) * Charles Gray as Roland Gidleigh-Park (Series 1) *Vivien Heilbron as Beatrice Protheroe (Series 1) * Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brexit Secretary
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union or, informally, Brexit Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the business of the Department for Exiting the European Union, as well as for the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU), informally referred to as "Brexit". The secretary of state oversaw Brexit negotiations following a 2016 referendum, in which a majority voted in favour of exiting the EU. The officeholder was a member of the Cabinet. The position was created on 13 July 2016, at the outset of the premiership of Theresa May. The office was abolished on 31 January 2020, as the United Kingdom left the European Union. The Minister of State for Exiting the European Union deputised for the secretary of state. The corresponding shadow minister was the Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The secretary of state was also scrutinised by the Exiting the European Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberside
Humberside () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and the northern part of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The county council's headquarters was County Hall at Beverley, inherited from East Riding County Council. Its largest settlement and only city was Kingston upon Hull. Other notable towns included Goole, Beverley, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Bridlington. The county stretched from Wold Newton in its northern tip to a different Wold Newton at its most southern point. Humberside bordered North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south. It faced east towards the North Sea. Humberside was abolished on 1 April 1996, with four unitary authorities being formed: North Lincolnshire, North East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverley (borough)
The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley was a local government district and borough of Humberside, England, from 1974 to 1996. It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the previous borough of Beverley, with Beverley Rural District and Haltemprice Urban District. Initially named ''Beverley'', the name was formally changed by the council to ''East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley'' in 1981. On 1 April 1996, Humberside was abolished along with the borough, and the area become part of a unitary East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t .... References Populated places established in 1974 Populated places disestablished in 1996 Former non-metropolitan districts of Humberside Beverley Former boroughs in England {{EastRiding-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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