Hook is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately north-east of

Goole Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire. According to the 2011 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 19,518, an increa ...

town centre and lies on the west bank of the River Ouse. According to the

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, Hook parish had a population of 1,292, an increase on the

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figure of 1,141. Swing Railway Bridge Over the River Ouse Between Hook and Skelton - geograph

The parish was part of the

Goole Rural District Goole was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894, based on most of the Goole rural sanitary district (two parishes of which in Lincolnshire became part of t ...

in the

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from 1894 to 1974, then in

Boothferry Boothferry is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse where the A614 road crosses the river. It is about north-west of Goole. Boothferry is split between civil parishes; areas ...

district of

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 ...

until 1996. The church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin was designated a Grade II*

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in 1967 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. The village has a nearby local school: Hook Church Of England Primary School. There is also a small local post office and two

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s. The village a number of building sites for the purpose of housing development. Nearby Goole has facilities including

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and

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supermarkets, several chain-shops, schools, a hospital, and a

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with services to Hull,

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and

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References

* Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{EastRiding-geo-stub