Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Kilham | |
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2011 census)[1] | |
OS grid reference | TA0664 |
• London | 175 mi (282 km) S |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DRIFFIELD |
Postcode district | YO25 |
Dialling code | 01262 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Kilham is a village and
History
Kilham lies on the line of a
Kilham, which lies in a narrow valley on the southern edge of the wolds, was once an important market town in the Yorkshire Wolds, bigger and more important than Driffield at one time.[8] It held annual trading fairs and had a large number of businesses and a considerable population. The town declined in size and status following the building of the Driffield Navigation, which took trade away from Kilham to nearby Driffield,[9] however, the village was already floundering in terms of trade long before the canal was cut.[10]
In 1823 Kilham civil parish was in the
Occupations included twenty-two farmers, seven shoemakers, five grocers, three of whom were also
Community
Kilham's
At one time there were six schools in the village, but only one now remains, Kilham
In 2010 the Kilham Playing Field Association opened a recreational playing field on Back Lane, to provide a full-sized football pitch, a 5-a-side football pitch, grass tennis courts, adventure playground and cycle track. The Association, a registered charity, has been funded locally and through the Big Lottery fund and Grassroots.[22]
Notable residents
- David Byas, the former Yorkshire cricket captain, is from Kilham.[23]
- Sir Benjamin Fonseca Outram, naval surgeon, was born in Kilham in 1770[24]
- Sir Henry Thompson, Lord Mayor of York (1663 & 1672), Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1665) and MP for York (1673–1873)[25] was born in Kilham.
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Kilham Parish (00FB081)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Browne 1912, p. 33.
- ISBN 0300095937.
- ^ "Heritage Gateway – Results Monument Number 910829". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Kilham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ISBN 0-521-04907-5.
- ISBN 0340158212.
- ^ Purdy 1974, p. 247.
- ISBN 0340158212.
- ^ "Genuki: Kilham, Yorkshire (East Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Purdy 1974, p. 259.
- ^ Purdy 1974, p. 262.
- OCLC 500092527.
- ^ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. pp. 359, 360.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1309840)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Bull Ring (Grade II) (1162035)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Browne 1912, p. 178.
- ^ "Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled School URN: 117980". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Browne 1912, p. 332.
- ^ Purdy 1974, p. 251.
- ^ "Kilham Playing Field Association - Prosiect | Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol". tnlcommunityfund.org.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Searby, Martin (5 December 2002). "Byas quits again for life on farm". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Browne 1912, p. 349.
- ^ "Papers of Henry Thompson". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2006.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
Sources
- Browne, Horace B. (1912). Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire. London: A. Brown and Sons.
- Purdy, J. B. (1974). "Dickering Wapentake". In Pugh, R. B. (ed.). A History of Yorkshire East Riding volume II. London: Victoria Counties History. ISBN 0-19-722738-4.
External links
- Media related to Kilham at Wikimedia Commons
- Kilham in the Domesday Book
- History of Kilham – A Vision of Britain Through Time
- Driffield.co.uk – The Villages of the Yorkshire Wolds, Kilham.
- Genuki: Kilham Parish information from Pigot's 1834.
- Windmillworld – Kilham Windmill, East Yorkshire.
- KPFA – Kilham Playing Field Association
- KilhamSchool.co.uk – Kilham Church of England Primary School