| Country: | England |
| Static Image: | Balkholme.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Balkholme in 2006 |
| Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 53.7436°N -0.8114°W |
| Official Name: | Balkholme |
| Civil Parish: | Kilpin |
| Unitary England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Lieutenancy England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Constituency Westminster: | Haltemprice and Howden |
| Post Town: | GOOLE |
| Postcode District: | DN14 |
| Postcode Area: | DN |
| Dial Code: | 01430 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE784281 |
| London Distance Mi: | 155 |
| London Direction: | S |
Balkholme is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilpin and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 78.[1]
Balkholme is to the south of the B1230 Howden to Gilberdyke road as it crosses the M62 motorway, and 1.5miles north-east of the parish village of Kilpin. The county town of Beverley is 17miles to the north-east, the town of Howden 2.5miles west, and the town centre of Goole approximately 4miles south-west.
In 1823, Baines recorded that Balkholme was in the parish of Howden, and the wapentake and liberty of Howdenshire, and had a population of 105 including eight farmers.[2] Balkholme was formerly a township in the parish of Howden,[3] from 1866 Balkholme was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilpin and Eastrington, part also went to form Gilberdyke.[4]
At the east side of Balkholme is West Linton Farmhouse, a Grade II listed late 18th-century house, of two-storeys and three-bays. It is built of red brick in Flemish bond, with pantile roof, and has a 19th-century wing.
There is a small RAF memorial garden on Brow Lane where a mid-air collision occurred during the Second World War between two Halifax Bombers of 578 Squadron.[5]
. Edward Baines (1774–1848). 1823. History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. 152.