Keyingham

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Coordinates: 53°42′40″N 0°06′45″W / 53.7112°N 0.1126°W / 53.7112; -0.1126
Keyingham
Keyingham

 Keyingham shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population 2,314 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference TA245255
Civil parish Keyingham
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
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Keyingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and lies on the A1033 road.

According to the 2011 UK census, Keyingham parish had a population of 2,314,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 2,302.[2]

Keyingham was served from 1854 to 1964 by Keyingham railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway.[3]

Features

St Nicholas Church

Two horticultural nurseries which cover an area almost equal to that of the village are located to the east and west. The biggest of the nurseries is owned and run by the Overvoorde family. Also located to the west are sand and gravel pits. It also features a field just outside the village consisting Highland cattle.

The parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building.[4] Its spire was removed in the late 1960s, as it was considered to be unsafe.

There are quite a few small businesses in Keyingham such as a village store, Chinese and Arab takeaways, a funeral directors and two hairdressers. The village now has one public house, the Ship Inn dating back several hundred years to when the creek from the river Humber allowed ships to berth nearby; after the other, the blue bell, closed in 2012

Schools

The village currently has one primary school, Keyingham Primary School. It was opened to pupils at the beginning of the 2007 school year, replacing the former infant school on the same site. The new one combines the former junior and infant schools, the junior school being based in the former board school building across the road closed in 2006. The schools serve children from Keyingham as well as the neighbouring village of Ottringham.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics: Area: Keyingham CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2013. 
  2. ↑ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Keyingham CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 November 2006. 
  3. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  4. ↑ English Heritage. "Church of St Nicholas (1160841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2013 .
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7. 

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