Kilnwick Percy
Coordinates: 53°56′24″N 0°44′37″W / 53.939986°N 0.743492°W
Kilnwick Percy is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Pocklington town centre, and to the north of the B1246 road.
Kilnwick Percy forms part of the civil parish of Nunburnholme.
Kilnwick Percy Hall is a Grade II* listed country house built around 1845.[1] It is now a Buddhist meditation and retreat centre.[2]
The grounds of the hall include a lake and a small church in the Norman style dedicated to Saint Helen. The church is designated a Grade II listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[3]
In 1823 Kilnwick Percy was a civil parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The ecclesiastical parish was under the patronage of the Dean of York. Population at the time was 43.[4]
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Kilnwick Percy Hall (1309858)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Welcome to Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre". Madhyamaka Buddhist Meditation Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Helen (1346280)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ↑ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 360.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
External links
Media related to Kilnwick Percy at Wikimedia Commons- Kilnwick Percy in the Domesday Book
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