Bennetland Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.7493°N -0.7489°W
Official Name:Bennetland
Civil Parish:Gilberdyke
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Haltemprice and Howden
Post Town:BROUGH
Postcode District:HU15
Postcode Area:HU
Dial Code:01430
Os Grid Reference:SE826288
London Distance Mi:155
London Direction:S

Bennetland is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 19miles west of Hull city centre and 5miles east of Howden town centre.[1] Smith suggests that the name, first recorded in 1234, means stretch of land overgrown with bent grass.[2]

It lies less than 1miles west from Gilberdyke, and is south of the M62 motorway and just to the south of the B1230 road. Bennetland lies between the Selby Line and the Hull and Doncaster Branch and is served by Gilberdyke railway station.

The hamlet forms part of the civil parish of Gilberdyke.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genuki: Eastrington Supplementary, Yorkshire (East Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 7 November 2024.
  2. Book: Smith . A. H. . Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York . 1970 . 1937. Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 0-521-04907-5 . 245.
  3. Web site: Election Maps . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 7 November 2024.