Lelley
Lelley is a small village in the civil parish of Elstronwick, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3 miles (5 km) north of Hedon. Lelley was formerly a township in the parish of Preston, in 1866 Lelley became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Elstronwick. In 1931 the parish had a population of 112.Lelley comes from the word 'Lelle' which means 'clearing in the woods'.The village contains a public house, two benches (one a war memorial and the other a millennium bench) and a telephone box. Lelley Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the village in 1859.In 1823 Lelly was in the parish of Preston and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population was 119, which included a carrier who operated between the village and Hull once a week.The Lelley Windmill, a six-storey corn mill completed in 1790, is a Grade II* Listed Building.
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