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St Peter's Church, Woodmansey |
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Woodmansey
Woodmansey shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire |
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Population | 6,497 (2001 census)[1] |
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OS grid reference | TA055379 |
Parish | Woodmansey |
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 | BEVERLEY |
Postcode district | HU17 |
Dialling code | 01482 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament | Haltemprice and Howden[2] |
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire |
Woodmansey is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south east of Beverley on the A1174 road from Hull to Beverley.
The civil parish of Woodmansey consists of the villages of Woodmansey and Dunswell and the hamlet of Thearne. According to the 2001 UK census, Woodmansey parish had a population of 6,497.[1]
The village has a small primary school, Woodmansey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2006.
Opposite the school is the village church of St Peter's which was built to a design by Alfred Beaumont and opened in 1898.
The Warton Arms (pictured) with its thatched roof, is the only pub in the village.
The civil parish was in the Beverley and Holderness parliamentary constituency until the 2010 general election when it was transferred to the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden.[2]