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Atwick

Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
label_position	left
official_name	Atwick
population	315
population_ref	(2011 census)
civil_parish	Atwick
unitary_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster	Bridlington and The Wolds
post_town	DRIFFIELD
postcode_district	YO25
postcode_area	YO
dial_code	01964
os_grid_reference	TA190509
london_distance_mi	170
london_direction	S
static_image_name	Atwick.jpg
static_image_caption	Atwick village

NOTOC Atwick is a village and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is near the North Sea coast, and 2 mi north of Hornsea on the B1242 road.

The civil parish is formed by the village of Atwick and the hamlet of Skirlington. According to the 2011 UK census, Atwick parish had a population of 315,{{NOMIS2011 |access-date = 10 April 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130410173405/http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/corp-docs/researchgroup/parishprofiles/ATWICK.pdf |archive-date = 10 April 2013 |url-status = dead

The name Atwick derives from the Old English attaingwīc meaning 'trading settlement connected with Atta'.

The name Atwick is pronounced with a silent 'w', like "attic".

Second World War

Folklore

According to legend, a spring near the church was once the home of a hobgoblin known as the Haliwell Boggle. The area is also said to be haunted by a headless horseman.

References

"Key to English Place-names".
{{harvnb. Foot. 2006
Ash, Russell. (1973). "Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain". Reader's Digest Association Limited.

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