MARKET WEIGHTON: East Riding of Yorkshire Parish #53 of 172
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- Midway between Hull and York, about 20 miles from either one, and not quite the geographical centre of the county is a small market town. It’s undoubtedly East Yorkshire in its makeup. Running around the town is the three-mile long, £5.1 million A1079 bypass which opened in March 1991, meaning the main road route from Hull to York does not have to pass through the town centre
The town was listed in the Domesday Book as "Wicstun" and there are plenty of references to that name around here. It covered a wide area which included no less than 15 villages. It was described by John Leland, a notable antiquarian in the early 16th century as “a great uplandish village”. I can assure you though, this does have town status!
The wide main street and market place would have accommodated the market, and many streets leading from these areas end in gate like Northgate and Southgate. These are medieval names. In the late 17th century, the town consisted of some 140 houses and had a population of about 650. It was distinctly semi-urban in character by that time and it’s just kept growing!
Its history also includes William Bradley, otherwise known as the Yorkshire Giant who at the age of 20 was 7 ft 9 in tall. Giant Bradley is quite well celebrated in these parts. In May of each year local residents take to the streets for the Giant Community Day - a festival in a celebration of the life and times of William Bradley.
In 2003, after some local consultation, a slogan and logo were adopted for the place: 'The Heart of East Yorkshire' - and it truly is! This is MARKET WEIGHTON.
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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.
Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of the East Riding. There are 172. Here's the FIFTY-THIRD one - Market Weighton.
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Demographics:
www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/y...
Zoopla:
www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices...
History:
marketweightontowncouncil.gov...
Giant Bradley:
www.hello-yorkshire.co.uk/blo...
All Saints Church:
www.britainexpress.com/attrac...
Carpenters Arms:
whatpub.com/pubs/HUL/MAR002/c...
Red Lion:
whatpub.com/pubs/HUL/MAR006/r...
Londesborough Arms:
www.thelondesborougharms.com/...
The Bay Horse:
thebayhorsemw.co.uk/
Town Council:
marketweightontowncouncil.gov...
New Concept Care:
www.nccn.org.uk/about/
Community Hall:
marketweightontowncouncil.gov...
Sports Centre:
/ market-weighton-sports...
St Helens Well:
insearchofholywellsandhealing...
Wicstun Vets:
www.wicstunvetgroup.co.uk/mar...
Red Lane Bridge:
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/739655
Health Centre:
marketweightonpractice.nhs.uk/
Cemetery:
www.tracesofwar.com/sights/80...
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Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
• Foxsnow
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
• Mickey's House
The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)
• Voices
The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)
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Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
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Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
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this place i really like it beacause i used this way for going to tesco ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I like you pal
The building you thought was a school where New Concept Care and the Library are was the (new) Police Station and Courthouse.
Ah cool! Had that school feel about it mind. Similar architecture
@@TheVillageIdiot I can second this. Remember taking a briefcase that had been left in a telephone box to the police station when I was a kid :)
Sadly, the bus route to Driffield and Bridlington doesn't exist anymore.
How recent a change was that? Usual bus sources still list it
@@TheVillageIdiot I wasn't quite accurate, sorry. There is a single bus to Brid from MW that runs in the evening (but not one to bring you back again). All the other no 45 buses ended in early April when the Covid subsidy ended. Now for a day in Brid its a trip to Beverley and then bus or train from there.
The fuel is much more now 😂
I can believe it! Go on, what is it these days?
@@TheVillageIdiot 179 petrol 189 Diesel I think
Need to do Stamford bridge north Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge is East Riding (just!)
this place i really like it beacause i used this way for going to tesco ❤❤❤❤❤❤