South Newbald is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the

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, England. It is situated approximately north-west of Hull city centre, north of

South Cave South Cave is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the west of Kingston upon Hull, Hull city centre on the A1034 road just to the north of the A63 road. ...

and south of

Market Weighton Market Weighton ( ) is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the main market towns in the East Yorkshire Wolds and lies midway between Hull and York, about from either one. According to the 2011 UK cen ...

. It lies to the east of the

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. The larger village of

North Newbald North Newbald is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately north-west of Hull city centre, north of South Cave and south of Market Weighton. It lies to the east of the A1034 road. History In ...

is just to the north. In 1823 South Newbald was in the civil parish of North Newbald, the

Wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, C ...

of Harthill and the

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of St Peter's. Population at the time was 179, with occupations including seven farmers &

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and three corn millers. Resident was a banker, an

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, and the vicar of North Newbald. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 372

Governance

South Newbald 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 ...

Newbald Newbald is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Beverley and covering an area of . The civil parish is formed by the village of North Newbald and the hamlet of South ...

. The hamlet was in the

Haltemprice and Howden 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 h ...

parliamentary constituency until the 2010 general election when it was transferred to the constituency of

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References

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