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Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire

Civil parishes in the East Riding of YorkshireEasington, East Riding of YorkshireHoldernessOpenDomesdayPopulated coastal places in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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Easington is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the area known as Holderness. A coastal settlement, it is situated between the Humber estuary and the North Sea at the south-eastern corner of the county, and at the end of the B1445 road from Patrington. The coastal town of Withernsea is approximately 6 miles (10 km) to the north-west. The civil parish is formed by the village of Easington and the hamlets of Kilnsea, Out Newton and Spurn Head. Bull Sand Fort is administered as part of the parish. According to the 2011 UK Census, Easington parish had a population of 691, a small decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 698. The parish church of All Saints' is a Grade I listed building. In 1823 the ecclesiastical parish incumbency was a perpetual curacy under the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The parish had a population of 488, with occupations that included a butcher, a corn miller, a weaver, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, two grocers, three shoemakers, four tailors, twelve farmers, two schoolmasters, a land surveyor, a yeoman, and the landlord of the Granby's Head public house. There were two carriers who operated between the village and Hull weekly. Many years ago, the parish of Easington included Turmarr, Hoton, Northorpe, Dimlington, Old Kilnsea and Ravenser. These villages have been lost to the ever-encroaching sea, and some had disappeared as early as 1400. The thatched tithe barn is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, having been designated in 1987. Easington is significant for being the birthplace of the Anglo-Canadian poet and literary scholar, Robin Skelton (1925–97).

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Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire
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All Saints' Church, Easington
All Saints' Church, Easington

All Saints' Church is the parish church of Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. A church in Easington was first recorded in 1115. The nave survives from the 12th century, while the north aisle was added around 1200, followed by the south aisle later in the 13th century. The tower was built in the 14th century, and the clerestory later in the century. Around 1500, the chancel was rebuilt, along with the north aisle windows, part of the south aisle, and the top section of the tower. The porch was rebuilt around 1720, and was repaired in 1811. The chancel was restored in 1860, with the nave and aisles being restored in 1890. The building was grade I listed in 1966. The church is built of limestone, sandstone, cobbles and brick, the body of the church has a lead roof and there is a pantile roof on the porch. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a moulded plinth, diagonal buttresses, string courses, and a three-light pointed west window with a hood mould, above which are small single-light windows, two-light traceried bell openings with hood moulds, and a coped embattled parapet. There is also an embattled parapet on the nave. The north door dates from the 12th or 13th century, and is round-headed with three shafted orders. Inside, there is a 12th-century piscina, freestanding on a pillar, which was discovered built into a wall in the 1860s. There is also an octagonal 14th-century font, an aumbry and built-in piscina in the south aisle, and monuments including one in marble to John and Joan Overton, which was completed in 1651.