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Thorngumbald
Thorngumbald shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire |
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| Population | 3,106 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TA207264 |
| Parish | Thorngumbald |
| Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Ceremonial county | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HULL |
| Postcode district | HU12 |
| Dialling code | 01964 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Beverley and Holderness |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Thorngumbald is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) to the east of Hull city centre on the A1033 road.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Thorngumbald and the hamlets of Camerton and Ryehill. According to the 2001 UK census, Thorngumbald parish had a population of 3,106.[1]
The parish church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building.
The unusual name is derived from the word Thorn, designating a thorn bush, and the name Gumbaud, the family name for the local Lord of the manor in the 13th century.[2]
The village has five shops in the shopping centre - chemist, bakery (formerly a butchers), newsagent, fish and chip shop and Spar. It is in the secondary school catchment area for South Holderness Technology College, to which buses are used every day to transport children.
The village is home to England rugby league international Jon Wilkin and ex Hull City player Chris Chilton.
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Thorngumbald Primary School is a local Primary School catering for children aged between 5 and 10, the school recently amalgamated from Thorngumbald Infant and Junior Schools coming together on the newly built site on Plumtree Road, originally the site used by Thorngumbald Infant School.
South Holderness Technology College is the nearest Secondary School in the village of Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire, this school caters for students aged from 11 to 16 in their secondary school years and then from 16 to 18 for students wishing to carry on their studies in the Sixth Form College. Thorngumbald is within the catchment area for this school and buses are provided by the school to transport students of all age groups to and from the village in the morning and afternoon.
Thorngumbald Primary School host organisations for meetings such as the Brownies and St John Ambulance to which are local youth organisations, both organisations meet on a weekly basis within term time for the children and teenagers to have fun and learn everyday life skills.
The village has its own football club, Thorngumbald Boys Football Club, in which the teams are commonly called the Thorngumbald Tigers. The club is well known for its football tournaments that used to be held every year at the playing fields on Plumtree Road, many football clubs from around Hull and East Yorkshire took part and competed against each other.
The local parish offer courses for people within the village at the local village hall on the main road (A1033), Computer Courses (ICT) are mostly used and talked about within the village.