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Skirlaugh

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
country	England
coordinates
label_position	top
official_name	Skirlaugh
static_image	St Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh - geograph.org.uk - 551356.jpg
static_image_caption	St Augustine’s Church, Skirlaugh
population	1,473
population_ref	(2011 census)
civil_parish	Skirlaugh
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	HU11
postcode_area	HU
dial_code	01964
os_grid_reference	TA141395

Skirlaugh is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 mi north-east of Hull city centre on the A165 road. Originally a farming community, it is now primarily a commuter village for Hull.

The name of the village is derived from Old English and originally meant shire clearing. The name is partly due to Old Norse influence, as the village lies in the former Danelaw; it is identical in meaning to Shirley.

According to the 2011 UK census, Skirlaugh parish had a population of 1,473,{{NOMIS2011

The parish church, St Augustine's Church, was built by Walter de Skirlaw who later became the Bishop of Durham in the late 14th century. It is, according to Pevsner, a "gem of the early-perpendicular" style. | author-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | orig-year = 1972 This is because subsequent generations left the original structure largely intact. The stonework was re-pointed in the 1980s and 1990s by Edward Brown, a local volunteer. The church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Church of England and the Methodist church. In 1966 the church was designated a Grade I listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

Skirlaugh was served from 1864 to 1957 by Skirlaugh railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway even though the station was located 1.5 mi south of the village.

Skirlaugh rugby league club, play in the Premier Division of the National Conference League.

Notable people

Walter de Skirlaw (?–1406), Bishop of Durham and adviser to King Richard II and Henry IV
John Bigland (1750–1832), schoolmaster and historian

References

Reaney, Percy Hide. (1969). "The Origin of English Place Names". Routledge and Kegan Paul.
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Mew, James. (23 September 2004). "Bigland, John (1750–1832)". Oxford University Press.

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