Walkington is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately to the south-west of the town of

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on the

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, and

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. The civil parish is formed by the village of Walkington and the

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. According to the

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, Walkington parish had a population of 2,337, a reduction on the

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figure of 2,481. To the east of the village is

, the site of a former

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, named Broadgate Hospital. Another part of the former Broadgate Farm estate has been developed into a complex of holiday cottages named Broadgate Farm Cottages. The village has three public houses located along the main road, East End, the Barrel, the Ferguson Fawsitt Arms, and the Dog and Duck. Ferguson closed its doors on 4 October 2020 due to the

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, although it reopened under new owners in early 2022. In the centre of Walkington is the village pond. The village school, Walkington Primary School is situated in Crake Wells, a minor street in the East End of the village. Before the year 1999 the school was divided between two sites which included the original school house at Northgate which dates back to the late 19th century. Before this, the street was called "School Lane". However, after a costly extension to the Crake Wells building, the infant and junior sections were joined together in 1999. The new building was officially opened by then Education Secretary

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, in October that year. The parish church of All Hallows is a

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. A Methodist church is situated next to West End.

Ancient history

A few miles west of Walkington is the

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complex of Walkington Wold. The remains there include the

Walkington Wold Burials The Walkington Wold burials in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, comprise the skeletal remains of 13 individuals from the Anglo-Saxon period which were discovered in the late 1960s, during the excavation of a Bronze Age barrow. Subsequent ...

, the decapitated remains of

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criminals. To the east of the village is one of the medieval stone boundary markers for the sanctuary of Saint

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that is now a

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Selection of coins from the Walkington Hoard YORYM 2005 2202

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tribe were discovered in large numbers between 2001 and 2008. They are now at the

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References

External links

Walkington Parish CouncilWalkington Village NewsWalkington Primary SchoolWalkington Playing Field AssociationWalkington Blog
* * {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire