Ganstead is a village in the
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 ...
, England, in an area known as
Holderness
Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...
. It is situated approximately north-east of
Hull city centre.
It is divided into Ganstead East and Ganstead West by the
A165 road
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History
The route follows ...
which passes through the village.
Ganstead forms part of the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Bilton.
In 1823 Ganstead was in the parish of
Swine and in the
Wapentake
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and
Liberty
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom.
In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
of Holderness. Population at the time was 61 and included four farmers and a corn miller.
[ Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 209]
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Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Holderness
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