SPROATLEY: East Riding of Yorkshire Parish #64 of 172
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2022
- EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE PARISH #64: SPROATLEY
Welcome to Sproatley in the East Riding of Yorkshire! This is situated approximately 7 miles north-east of Hull and 4 miles north of Hedon at the junction of the B1238 and B1240 roads, in the Holderness area of the county. The name Sproatley originates from two words and means a clearing in a forest.
Situated in the midst of this area of fertile alluvial soil, Sproatley’s rich farming land was valued from earliest times and has been enhanced and extended by centuries of man-made drainage. When the land was enclosed and allocated in 1763, maps of the time show a sparse scattering of buildings.
It had a school which was within the churchyard. The road, which bore no relationship to the layout of the settlements, was being developed into the important Hedon and Hull Turnpike, which was to be for a long time the only route from Hull to Hedon, as well as to the Holderness villages and coast.
Over the years Sproatley passed into the hands of many people, until 1840 when the principal landowner was Sir Talbot Constable of Burton Constable Hall. One of the later owners of the village planted about 1,000 trees here - which is why in places it feels like you’re in a forest!
Sproatley is perhaps best known for two people by the name of Joseph Rank - The first would be he man who founded the Rank Organisation, a British entertainment conglomerate, in April 1937. He was the son of the flour miller of the same name who had his first mill in Sproatley. Chris Chilton, who died only last year and was something of a legendary footballer in the eyes of Hull City fans, was born in Sproatley
Sproatley has quite a bit for its size. There’s a village shop, two public houses, a former chapel, and a church. At one time there was a police station, complete with cells which was used regularly. It also had a court house, believe it or not. In 1937, Sproatley was a village with about 100 houses and plenty of grass fields and open spaces. There are now about 550 dwellings with a population in the region of 1,400.
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Credits:
Rank Organisation:
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Sproatley Grange:
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Burton Constable Holiday Park:
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Wyton Belles:
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General History:
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Constable Arms:
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Sproatley Juniors:
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The Blue Bell:
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Bustimes:
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St Swithins:
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The urn/veil:
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Cross Shaft:
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Old Classrooms:
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Sproatley School:
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Joan Riley’s Bench:
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War memorial:
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Sproatley Parish Council:
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Demographics:
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Zoopla:
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Chapel:
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Some of the following music tracks may appear in this video:
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)
• The Keyhouse - Circles...
Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
• Helen Flunder - 'Sun' ...
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
• Helen Flunder - Angels...
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
• Caistor and the Lincol...
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Well done great to see you filming the villages of East Yorkshire. The bench was commissioned and bought by my late mother Maureen Grubb née Riley to remember he mother Joan Riley and a gift to the village, in which I try and clean and maintain at least twice a year. The stone opposite the post office is to remember the 23 servicemen and women who fought in WW2. Many thanks James.
Ah so you're her grandson! Great that you look after her bench :D
Love Nicki's parting quip but she obviously loves participating. Keep it up you two
Oh yes absolutely she does. You'll be seeing much more of her in the coming months
There was an excellent Butcher's shop in Sproatley where I think it's now a hairdressers' business.
Very popular and friendly, the Butcher was called Mr Knutt (David I think) and in the 1970's used to deliver meat in his Morris van personally to customers' houses around the Holderness area.
At the next village to us called old St Mellons they have a lovely playing field with something for everyone like there is at Sproatley!
You know when you are in the Hull area when you see the white phone boxes!
When I was in year 6(I going into year 9 now after the summer holiday) the teacher I had showed us a punishment book from I think 1921 or sometime around that and it was really interesting.
There's a pub called the blue bell in Keyingham as well!
Sproatley is a commuter village for Hull like Patrington is!
It's strange seeing the place signs with the white rose on nowadays rather than the old Humberside signs!
So weird to see a reference to Chichester so far up north! I wonder if it actually is the northernmost reference.
Could well be!