Uncleby Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.0217°N -0.7621°W
Label Position:top
Official Name:Uncleby
Static Image Name:Uncleby Wold.jpg
Static Image Caption:Uncleby Wold, east of Uncleby
Civil Parish:Kirby Underdale
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:East Yorkshire
Post Town:YORK
Postcode District:YO41
Postcode Area:YO
Dial Code:01759
Os Grid Reference:SE812591

Uncleby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Kirby Underdale. It is situated approximately 6.5miles north of Pocklington.

History

Uncleby is the site of an Anglian cemetery. 76 inhumation burials were excavated by Canon William Greenwell in 1868. These graves date from the 7th and 8th centuries AD. The objects from these excavations are held in the Yorkshire Museum and the British Museum.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Abigail Hansen . 2017 . The Revival of Uncleby: An antiquarian excavation of an Anglian Cemetery . University of York. 10 November 2021.