Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.7079°N -0.8056°W |
Label Position: | top |
Official Name: | Saltmarshe |
Civil Parish: | Laxton |
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: | SE789241 |
Static Image: | Saltmarshe.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Saltmarshe, looking down the Ouse |
Saltmarshe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Laxton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse, downstream from York, Selby and Goole. Saltmarshe is approximately 3miles south-east from Howden and 21miles south-east from York. In 1931 the parish had a population of 82.[1]
Saltmarshe lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden an area that mainly consists of middle class suburbs, towns and villages. The area is affluent, placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a Barclays Private Clients survey,[2] and has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the country.[3]
Saltmarshe Hall is a Grade II* listed 19th-century country house on the western edge of the hamlet.
Saltmarshe railway station is on the Sheffield to Hull Line. It is named after Saltmarshe, but is 1miles to the north near the village of Laxton.
Saltmarshe was formerly a township in the parish of Howden,[4] from 1866 Saltmarshe was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Laxton and Howden.[5]