Kiplingcotes

Kiplingcotes
Kiplingcotes
Kiplingcotes shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE925455
• London 165 mi (266 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BEVERLEY
Postcode district HU17
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO25
Dialling code 01430
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the market town of Market Weighton. 3 miles (5 km) to the east lies Etton.

It is split between the civil parishes of Dalton Holme and Etton.

Kiplingcotes is the location for the annual Kiplingcotes Derby horse race. The 497th event took place on 17 March 2016.[1]

The hamlet was served by Kiplingcotes railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1865 and 1965.[2]

In 1823 Kiplingcotes (then alternatively Kipling Coates House), was in the parish of Middleton on the Wolds. and the Wapentake of Harthill. Inhabitants included one farmer.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kiplingcotes Derby winner 'never been so scared'". BBC News. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  2. ↑ 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  3. ↑ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 361
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7. 


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