Skirlaugh

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Skirlaugh
Skirlaugh shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	1,543 (2001 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TA141395
Parish	Skirlaugh
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HULL
Postcode district	HU11
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°50′24″N 0°16′02″W / 53.840079, -0.267274

Skirlaugh is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles north east of Hull city centre on the A165 road. Originally a farming community, it is now primarily a commuter village for Hull.

According to the 2001 UK census, Skirlaugh parish had a population of 1,543.^[1]

St Augustine's Parish Church

The parish church, St. Augustine's Church, was built by Walter de Skirlaw who would later become the Bishop of Durham in the late 14th century. It is, according to Pevsner, a "gem of the early-perpendicular" style.^[2] This is because subsequent generations left the original structure largely intact. The stonework was re-pointed in the 1980s and 1990s by a local volunteer, Mr Edward Brown. The church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Church of England and the Methodist Church.

Skirlaugh was served from 1864 to 1957 by Skirlaugh railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway even though the station was located 1½ miles south of the village.