| Dunswell | |
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 Coach and Horses | |
  Dunswell Location within theEast Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA073351 |
| • London | 155 mi (249 km) S |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HULL |
| Postcode district | HU6 |
| Dialling code | 01482 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 53°48′05″N0°22′18″W / 53.801362°N 0.371749°W /53.801362; -0.371749 | |
Dunswell is a village in theEast Riding of Yorkshire, England, and in the civil parish ofWoodmansey.
Historically also known asBeer-Houses due to the presence of two Inns in close proximity, the village is located on the mainKingston upon Hull toBeverley road. A significant drinking water extraction works was opened in 1931 west of the village, helping to supplying Hull and the surrounding area.
Dunswell is situated at the junction of Dunswell Lane andA1174 road Hull to Beverley road approximately 4 and 3.5 miles (6.4 and 5.6 km) from the centres ofKingston upon Hull andBeverley respectively. It is approximately 440 yards (400 m) west of theRiver Hull; theBeverley and Barmston Drain also runs north–south, adjacent to the west of the village.
The village has a hall,Dunswell Village Institute;[1] and a primary schoolDunswell Primary, since 2014Dunswell Academy.[2]
The Ship Inn is located at the junction of the main road and Ings Lane leading to Skidby Landing on theRiver Hull.[note 1]
Hull Livestock Market, the last remaining livestock market in East Riding of Yorkshire, has been located in the village since 2002.[4]
The village is in theBeverley and Holderness parliamentary constituency.
According toCharles Overton, Dunswell was once known asDouceville, a reference to its many springs and wells.[5] At one time it was also known asBeer-Houses due to the twopublic houses in close vicinity.[6][7] The two pubs in the village, The Coach and Horses (aka The Plough) and The Wagon and Horses,[note 2] are thought to originate from the 17th century. The Hull to Beverley road was turn-piked in 1741.[8]
TheSaint John in Beverley and Skidby, Yorkshire (Drainage) Act 1785 (25 Geo. 3. c. 92) allowed the construction of the Beverley and Skidby Drain, and the Beverley and Barmston Drain allowed by theEast Riding Drainage Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. lxiii).[note 3] In 1880 improvements to the lower reaches of the drainage system enabled further extraction, and a steam engine for drainage was installed at Dunswell for the Skidby Drain.[10] The drainage of the land reduced flooding, but caused some local wells to become dry.[8]
In around 1814 a non-conformist chapel ("Bethel") was built in the village for theMethodist New Connexion branch.[11] In the 1850s the village consisted of two Inns on the Hull and Beverley road, with the village west along Dunswell Lane, with fewer than twenty houses.[12] The village school opened in 1881.[8]
In 1893 theNewington Water Company gained authorisation to open a water supply works at Dunswell to replace a source at Swanland that had become contaminated by salt.[13] The company was taken over by theHull Corporation shortly after.[14] In 1911 permission was given for additional water works at Dunswell, and after being halted by the First World War, they were restarted in 1923 on a larger scale – the water pumping station was opened in 1931.[15][note 4] The works included a 16-foot (4.9 m) diameter well, with 5,200 feet (1,600 m) ofadits.[17] The works was one of the three main water supplies for the area, along withSpringhead Pumping Station and Mill Dam inCottingham.[18] The adit system was expanded in the early 1950s to meet demand from the borough of Beverley but the works did not yield an increase in supply.[19]
St FaithsChurch of England church opened in 1951; the non-conformist chapel held its last service in 1968.[8]
Low level housing development took place in the second half of the 20th century, with houses on Ings Lane, and houses and new cul-de-sac streets south of the Dunwell Lane/Beverley Road junction (The Meadows, Dene Close).[20] In 1985 the village became part of the civil parish ofWoodmansey.[21]
In 2013 Dunswell primary school was listed for closure byEast Riding of Yorkshire Council; the closure, which was opposed by many nearby residents was averted by transferring toacademy status, as a subsidiary of the primary school inSwanland.[2]
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