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History of the East Riding of Yorkshire

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776:, near Kingston upon Hull, has been dated as 2030 BC, which makes it the oldest of its kind in western Europe. New scientific research carried out on the remains shows it is at least 4,000 years old. The boat was one of three discovered by amateur archaeologist Ted Wright on the banks of the Humber. Historians knew that the boats were old, but only now do they know how old. New scientific techniques suggest the boat Mr Wright found in 1963 is 500 years older than everyone thought. That means it date backs more than 4,000 years to the early Bronze Age. The Ferriby site was an ideal point of departure for east/west travel along the Humber or as a crossing-point to the south bank. The 1389: 460: 1345: 1321: 865:
The two major settlement zones are, the Great Wold Valley villages, such as Helperthorpe, Weaverthorpe, Butterwick, Foxholes, Burton Flemming and Rudston, and the east-facing slope of the Wolds including villages such as Carnaby, Haisthorpe, Thornholme, Burton Agnes, and Nafferton, all of which are sited so as to take advantage of a ration of both heavier and lighter agricultural soils.
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started to improve and the climate gradually became warmer about 10,000 BC. This warming-up process suffered several temporary setbacks as short, cool spells occurred which disrupted the overall momentum. By about 9,000 BC the vegetation had changed from tundra to a closed woodland, of pine
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dissolved the monasteries in the 16th century. The Yorkshire Wolds is rich in medieval sites, and is particularly well known for its deserted villages, like those at Wharram Percy and Cottam. Settlement on the Wolds during the medieval period was concentrated on the most suitable agricultural soils.
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and the Humber Wetlands. The Yorkshire Wolds form an upland arc of chalk hills stretching from Flamborough head on the coast to the Humber Estuary at its southern end. The Humber Wetlands consist of all the land in the Humber basin that lies below 10 metres above sea level which encompasses a large
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The East Riding's only large town is Hull, a major port. Hull's population of which rose rapidly in the late 19th century : quadrupling from about 60,000 in 1851 to 240,000 in 1901. Other towns in the riding did not have similar growth and remain small: Bridlington's permanent population
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within each riding. The ancient wapentake system is not used in the modern day, though it is an important part of Yorkshire's cultural heritage. Within the East Riding of Yorkshire there were seven wapentakes (including Hull), two of these were further sub-divided into divisions, thus;
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sites are known on the chalklands of the Yorkshire Wolds, at Craike Hill (Eastburn Warren), Garton Slack, Huggate Dykes, Huggate Wold, and Octon Wold. The Yorkshire Wolds has a wide range of favourable natural resources and so became a major focus for human settlement during the
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In the Yorkshire Wolds there are thousands of Iron Age square barrows and hundreds of farmsteads and settlements, droveways, tracks and field systems. There is a profusion of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Romano-British sites extending across the entire Wolds area. Some
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people were present in East Yorkshire during the climatic transition. In 1992, a small barbed antler harpoon point was found lodged in a preserved log, thought to be either birch or rowan. This find has been dated to around 9,500 BC.
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were a means by which ideas, such as the decorative design of pottery, and goods such as Baltic amber and metals could arrive on the Humber shore. It has also been suggested that it may have been used to carry stones to Stonehenge.
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The Humber Wetlands Project which took place between 1992 and 2001 identified numerous prehistoric wetland sites in Holderness, the Hull Valley, the Humberhead Levels and the Vale of York. A boat found at
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in England. A fortnight after the battle, on 14 October 1066, after having marched his forces to the south coast of England, Harold was defeated and killed by Norman forces under
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remained largely static in the same period, increasing from 6,000 to around 7,000. By 1971 the riding had a population of slightly over 500,000. In comparison, the
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of Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh and York, thus excluding parts of the historic riding around
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villa sites are known on the Wolds at Rudston, Harpham, Brantingham, Welton, and Wharram-le-Street. Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known from East Yorkshire.
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Several other rural districts were formed by divisions of rural sanitary districts to conform to the administrative county borders :
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of Hull, but otherwise had the same boundaries as the historic riding. Apart from Hull the East Riding contained two
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on 25 September 1066. In the battle the majority of the invading Norwegian forces were killed by the forces of King
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district, including the Goole area which forms part of the historic West Riding (attaching it to the districts of
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The East Riding originated in antiquity. Unlike most counties in Great Britain, which were divided anciently into
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part of Holderness and the valleys of the Rivers Hull and Derwent and the lower part of the River Ouse valley.
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until 1974. From 1974 to 1996 the area of the modern East Riding of Yorkshire constituted the northern part of
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East Riding of Yorkshire boundaries – historic riding (pink and blue), modern county (pink & red)
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formed from most of Escrick RD, Riccal RD and part of Howden RD (which continued in existence)
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Great Driffield urban district made smaller and renamed Driffield, the rural part going to
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communities occupied the area. In the GreatWold Valley, at Willow Garth, to the west of
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Evidence from Gransmoor, to the east of Driffield, in Holderness indicates that Late
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Both the administrative county and the historic Lieutenancy were abolished under the
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The administrative county, shown with borders from 1965 to 1974 (Hull not indicated).
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The East Riding has two quite distinctive and contrasting archaeological areas, the
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The creation of a cross-Humber authority was unpopular, despite the promise of the
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Sherburn RD abolished, split between Bridlington RD, Norton RD and part to Filey UD
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A county council for the East Riding of Yorkshire was set up in 1889, covering an
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The East Riding district was formed on 1 April 1996 from the former districts of
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a population of about 700,000. Beverley was once a town of some importance, with
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came from Scarborough and Malton RSDs respectively (otherwise in North Riding);
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in the 1990s, which saw Humberside abolished and the northern part form two
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were proposed but rejected). The ceremonial county, the area in which the
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For statistical purposes in the 19th century an East Riding of Yorkshire
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of the East Riding County Council, granted in 1945 and used until 1974.
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The county districts underwent a major reorganisation in 1935 :
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The separate Lieutenancy for the riding was established after the
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Pocklington urban district abolished and added to Pocklington RD
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As a ceremonial county, the East Riding of Yorkshire borders
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the rest of the administrative county was divided into
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in 1102. Large estates in Holderness were held by the
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emerged and was named after the type-site, found near
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formed to cover the urbanised area west of Hull, from
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In Holderness the extensive Lordship was granted by
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Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship. Yorkshire 1066–1154
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Yorkshire
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Kingston upon Hull
North East Lincolnshire
Humber
North Lincolnshire
Hull
Doncaster
Selby
York
Ryedale
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wapentakes
List of wapentakes in Yorkshire
Ouse and Derwent
Buckrose
Harthill – Wilton Beacon Division

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