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Roos

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

Summary

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

Field	Value
static_image_name	Roos - geograph.org.uk - 71897.jpg
static_image_caption	Roos village, Main Street (B1242)
country	England
type	Village and civil parish
coordinates
label_position	bottom
official_name	Roos
population	1,168
population_ref	(2011 census)
civil_parish	Roos
unitary_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster	Beverley and Holderness
post_town	HULL
postcode_district	HU12
postcode_area	HU
dial_code	01964
os_grid_reference	TA290303
london_distance_mi	155
london_direction	S

Roos is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 12 mi east from Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3.5 mi north-west from Withernsea, and on the B1242 road.

History

The name Roos derives from the Primitive Welsh ros meaning 'moor' or 'promontory'.

The de Ros family originated from the village of Roos. Robert de Ros (died 1227) was one of the twenty-five barons appointed under clause 61 of the 1215 Magna Carta agreement to monitor its observance by King John of England.

Geography

The civil parish is formed by the villages of Roos, Hilston and Tunstall, together with the hamlet of Owstwick. According to the 2011 UK census, Roos parish had a population of 1,168,{{NOMIS2011 The parish covers an area of 2333.222 ha.{{cite web |url-status = dead

The Prime Meridian crosses the coast to the east of Roos.

The parish church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building.

Governance

Roos is represented locally by Roos Parish Council while at county level is in the South East Holderness ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

In popular culture

The meeting of Beren and Luthien in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, was written after the author and his wife visited a wood near to Roos. The "hemlocks" in the wood are said to have inspired his verse.

References

"Roos". The Institute for Name-Studies.
GENUKI. "Genuki: ROOS: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding)".
Saul, Nigel. (24 June 2013). "Robert de Ros".
Ordnance Survey, 1:25000, 2007
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"Parish Description". Roos Parish Council.
(2006). "Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets". East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Garth, John. (2003). "Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth". [[HarperCollins]].
(10 September 2010). "JRR Tolkien and his overlooked connections with Leeds". The Guardian.

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