RAF Holmpton

Holmpton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Withernsea town centre and 3 miles (5 km) east of the village of Patrington. It lies just inland from the North Sea coast. According to the 2011 UK Census, Holmpton parish had a population of 228, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 193. The parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building. The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the parish. In 1823, Holmpton was a parish in the Wapentake of Holderness. The patronage of the parish church was under the King. Population at the time was 256. Occupations included eight farmers, two wheelwrights, a blacksmith, two tailors, a milliner, a shoemaker, a shopkeeper, and the landlord of The Board public house. There was also a schoolmaster, a curate, and a gentleman. A carrier operated between the village and Hull twice weekly.

Out Newton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Easington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated just inland from the North Sea coast, approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-east of Withernsea, and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Patrington. Out Newton was formerly a township in the parish of Easington, in 1866 Out Newton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burton Constable. In 1931 the parish had a population of 31. The hamlet was mentioned in the Domesday Book as having six ploughlands, 20 acres (8.1 ha) of meadowland and four villagers. The name is believed to stem from Outer Newton, with Newton itself meaning new homestead or village. It was formerly in the wapentake of Holderness. A seven turbine wind farm, capable of generating 9 MW of electricity and operated by RWE, is situated on the coast near to the settlement.

Weeton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the village of Welwick on the B1445 road from Patrington to Easington. It forms part of the civil parish of Welwick.

Skeffling is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of the town of Withernsea and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of the village of Patrington on the B1445 road from Patrington to Easington. According to the 2011 UK census, Skeffling parish had a population of 149, a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 153. The parish church of St Helen is a Grade I listed building that is situated to the south of the village. It is constructed of cobble with stone dressings and was built in the 1460s.

St Helen's is a redundant church in the village of Skeffling, Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (grid reference TA370190). Dating from the mid-15th century, the church was dedicated to St Helena. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.

Dimlington Cliff is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 6.5km south of the town of Withernsea on the Holderness Coast. This area is protected because of the geological strata from the Quaternary period revealed at these cliffs that gives evidence of the Late Devensian glaciation (Last Glacial Period). This site gives evidence of the former southern margin of the British ice sheet in the North Sea.

Hollym is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Withernsea and is on the A1033 road. According to the 2011 UK Census, Hollym parish had a population of 513, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 447. Hollym airfield lies just to the north of the village and is suitable for light aircraft. The parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building. In 1823 Hollym was parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. St Nicholas' Church was built in 1814 by the then vicar. Population at the time was 260. Occupations included seventeen farmers, a corn miller, a schoolmaster, and the landlady of The Plough public house. A carrier operated between the village and Hull once a week. Hollym was served from 1854 to 1964 by Hollym Gate railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway. Edmund Henry Barker, the English classical scholar, was born in the village.

Welwick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of Withernsea and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the village of Patrington on the B1445 road from Patrington to Easington. The civil parish is formed by the village of Welwick and the hamlet of Weeton. According to the 2011 UK census, Welwick parish had a population of 297, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 307. In 1823 Welwick inhabitants numbered 410, including the settlements of Thorpe Plewland and Weeton. Occupations included eleven farmers, three shoemakers, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, a corn miller, a butcher, a tailor, a grocer who was also a draper, and the landlady of the Wheat Sheaf public house. There existed a Quaker Meeting House and a Methodist chapel. Baines' History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York mentions an ancient and "grand" monument within St Mary's Church supposedly removed from Burstall Abbey, and perhaps a memorial to either John de Fortibus or William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle. Welwickthorpe, in the parish of Welwick lay between the village and Patrington. The parish church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building. A sand and gravel pit was established in the south-west of the parish in the 1930s, located parallel and south of Pant Drain, the site's development was driven by the 1930s building boom. The extracted material, which lay less than 1 foot below the ground, was washed and grade separated on site by a rotary screen. By 1938 a rail tramway had been built to transport the excavated material to the main road – the line ran southwards from the midpoint of the B1445 between Welwick and Patrington, passing west of Haverfield House, to Oxlands Hill, and used a diesel shunting locomotive capable of hauling 120 tons; the material was transported in short wheelbase side tipping wagons.

St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the English village of Welwick in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

Birstall Priory or Burstall Priory was a priory in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The priory was built around 1219 and continuing as an inhabited religious house until the Dissolution of the Monasteries between 1536 and 1541. Burstall Bank and Burstall Lane are still in existence near the north bank of the Humber Estuary, south of Skeffling, but Birstall Priory itself has long since been given up to the sea.

Withernsea Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of four RNLI stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with another five in North Yorkshire. A lifeboat was first stationed at Withernsea in 1862, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The station was closed in 1913, when the lifeboat was relocated to Easington. It was reopened as an Inshore lifeboat station in 1974. The station currently operates a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat Mary Beal (D-837), on station since 2019.

Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its white inland lighthouse, rising around 127 feet (39 m) above Hull Road, now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was born in the town. The Prime Meridian crosses the coast north-west of Withernsea. At the 2011 UK census, Withernsea had a population of 6,159, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 5,980.