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Population
  
298 (2011 census)

Civil parish
  
Elstronwick

Local time
  
Thursday 3:21 PM

UK parliament constituency
  
Beverley and Holderness

OS grid reference
  
TA230321

Country
  
England

Dialling code
  
01964

Unitary authority
  
East Riding of Yorkshire

Elstronwick

Ceremonial county
  
East Riding of Yorkshire

Region
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 56% Humidity

Elstronwick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the town of Hedon and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of the village of Burton Pidsea.

Map of Elstronwick, Hull, UK

The civil parish is formed by the villages of Elstronwick and Lelley together with the hamlet of Danthorpe. According to the 2011 UK census, Elstronwick parish had a population of 298, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 287.

The parish church of St Lawrence on Front Lane is designated a Grade II listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. There is also a chapel. A further Grade II listed building is Elstronwick Hall.

Village amenities include a public house and a small playing field.

In 1823 Baines's History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York gave Elstronwick's name as 'Elsternwick'. The village at the time was in the parish of Humbleton and in the Wapentake of Holderness. There was a chapel of ease, "apparently of great antiquity", and a free school. The village had a population of 154, with occupations including six farmers, two wheelwrights, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, and the licensed victualler of The Crown & Anchor public house. Also directory-listed was a school mistress, two gentlemen and a foreman. Once a week a carrier operated between the village and Hull.

References

Elstronwick Wikipedia