Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Whitgift is a small linear hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately 4 miles east of Goole. It is located alongside the River Ouse and north of the A161 road between Goole and Scunthorpe. Reedness and Ousefleet are to the east and west respectively. It forms part of the civil parish of Twin Rivers.
The Church of Mary Magdalene (on the Whitgift side of the border between Whitgift and Reedness) has a clock with an unusual feature. Instead of 12 (XII in Roman numerals) it has a 13 (XIII).[1] Reasons vary, but local rumour relates that it may be due to the church being adjacent to a pub (now closed) at which the painter imbibed before completing the job.[2]
Whitgift is also notable for Whitgift Hall, a grade II listed Georgian manor house built in 1704 by a family called Stephenson. Since it was built, it has undergone significant change. For example, bay windows were added and the current owners have a caravan site and fishing pond.
Other features include a Methodist chapel and a lighthouse, but Whitgift mainly consists of a sparse strip of houses spread out over its length bounded by the River Ouse to the north and fields to the south looking towards Eastoft.
[edit] History
Whitgift was previously a civil parish that was part of the Goole Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside until 1996.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitgift, Goole on the Web, Retrieved 12 December 2006.
- ^ Whitgift, Goole on the Web, Retrieved 12 December 2006.
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