Hilston Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.783°N -0.0457°W
Official Name:Hilston
Static Image:St Margarets Church Hilston.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Margaret's Church, Hilston
Civil Parish:Roos
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Beverley and Holderness
Post Town:HULL
Postcode District:HU11
Postcode Area:HU
Dial Code:01964
Os Grid Reference:TA288336
London Distance Mi:155
London Direction:S

Hilston is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 12miles east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 5miles north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.[1]

Governance

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Roos,[2] Hilston is now represented locally by Roos Parish Council[3] while at county level is in the South East Holderness ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[4] At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

Landmarks

An octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower, that was built in 1750 as a folly for John Storr and is designated a Grade II listed building and recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

The Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret[5] and was built 1956–57 to designs by Francis Johnson to replace the church destroyed by a Second World War bomb in August 1941.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Hilston AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Relationships and changes Hilston AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Parish Description . Roos Parish Council . 27 March 2014.
  4. Book: Gazetteer - A - Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. 2006. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 6. 7 February 2011-->.
  5. Web site: Hilston: St Margaret, Hilston. A Church Near You. Church of England. 27 March 2014.
  6. Book: Nikolaus Pevsner

    . Yorkshire: York and the East Riding . Pevsner . N. . Nikolaus Pevsner . Neave . D. . 9780300095937 . Buildings of England . 1995 . Yale University Press . 472.