SKEFFLING: East Riding of Yorkshire Parish #13 of 172

The second of the two villages I recently visited on the Holderness Coast is what’s on offer today everyone. This is much smaller than the first one, perhaps one of the smallest villages on the Holderness Coast in fact, having a population of just 149 and the vast majority of that small population is made up of farms or farmhouses.
That said, there are some much more interesting things to be had at here. First pff, the village hall with its 6kW, 15 metre high wind turbine which powers the building but also acts as a self-maintaining power source, as the excess energy it produces is sold back to the National Grid, with the proceeds used to maintain and eventually replace it!
There’s a lovely church in this village, but it’s another one of those which has now had to be preserved by the Friends of Friendless Churches, the same organisation that we saw in Barmby on the Marsh. It’s built partly from stones that originated at Bursall Priory (Burstall Abbey) which was located on the riverbank between this parish and Weeton.
That Priory no longer exists, and in the 1900s the remaining parts of it were swept out into the River Humber during flooding. The older generation here may still tell you though they can remember the last bits of the ruins standing on the mudflats before they were lost. The village has also lost a heck of a lot more too over time, including the pub, the shop, the post office and even a petrol station - all closed down now.
What it hasn’t lost though, is that tight knit community spirit. You can’t buy that, or replace it. Come and join this lovely community, resplendent with lots of wild animals (and some not so!) as I take you on a 13 minute trip around SKEFFLING.
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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.
Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of the East Riding. There are 172. Here's the THIRTEENTH one - Skeffling.
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St Helens:
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243943
Friends of Friendless Churches:
www.churchofengland.org/resou...
Old Chapel:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Skeffling Post Office:
www.openinghourspostoffice.co...
Skeffling History:
www.thomas-hessell.co.uk/histo...
Starlight Hideaway:
www.starlighthideaway.com/abo...
Demographics:
www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/y...
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www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices...
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[@theonlysallyg]

Thanks very much I am really enjoying your village videos. Places where we think there is nothing noteworthy usually turn out to have intriguing history plus modern additions and changes of use. We are walking this part of the Humber in stages having walked the coast from Bridlington to Spurn. I always like to research as I go along but often miss the detail so your videos are a great help.

[@TheVillageIdiot]

Glad you like them! Thank yoU!

[@jenniferheron656]

Interesting. I Worked at Manor Farm many years ago.

[@1973thebigd]

in c1115 billy conker gifted skeffling to the albermarle fam fom normandy thet then had a priory built there burdtall priory gone now sadly

[@philipbryant6275]

Another guddun..

[@1973thebigd]

right op is cleethorpes

[@TheVillageIdiot]

As the crow flies, directly South, Skeffling is too far to the East for that. Cleethorpes is more opposite the Eastern edge of Sunk Island