Kiplingcotes is a

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately north-east of the

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, and to the west of Etton. The hamlet is mentioned in the

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as ''Climbicote'', having two ploughlands and belonging to the Archbishop of York. 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

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personal name. It was originally part of the parish of

Middleton on the Wolds Middleton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A614 road midway between Driffield and Market Weighton. According to the 2011 UK census, Middleton on ...

, which was in the

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of Harthill. It is now split between the

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es of

Dalton Holme Dalton Holme a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. It is situated to the north-west from the market town of Beverley and covering an area of . It is made up of two villages, South Dalton and Holme on the Wolds, which over ...

and Etton, and is represented at Parliament as part of the Beverley and Holderness Constituency. Kiplingcotes is the location for the annual

Kiplingcotes Derby Kiplingcotes Derby (also spelt Kipling Cotes), run at Kiplingcotes in the East Riding of Yorkshire, is widely accepted to be the oldest annual horse race in the English sporting calendar. It reputedly began in 1519 and takes place on the third ...

horse race. The 500th race took place on 21 March 2019. The hamlet was served by

Kiplingcotes railway station Kiplingcotes railway station was a minor railway station on the York–Beverley line, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 1 May 1865 and served the nearby village of Kiplingcotes Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Ridi ...

on the

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between 1865 and 1965. In 1823 Kiplingcotes (then alternatively Kipling Coates House), a farmer was listed as the only inhabitant. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 361 Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve, to the west of the hamlet is managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. 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.

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File:Kiplingcotes Station.jpg, Kiplingcotes station, now disused File:Supplemental image - false prophet^ - geograph.org.uk - 60789.jpg, Benchmark used as the start post for the Kiplingcotes Derby

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* * Hamlets in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{EastRiding-geo-stub