| Hunmanby | |
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 Bridlington Street, Hunmanby | |
.svg)  Hunmanby Location withinNorth Yorkshire | |
| Population | 3,132 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TA099775 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FILEY |
| Postcode district | YO14 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 54°10′53″N0°19′03″W / 54.18139°N 0.31750°W /54.18139; -0.31750 | |
Hunmanby is a large village andcivil parish inNorth Yorkshire, England. It was part of theEast Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was in theScarborough district of theshire county ofNorth Yorkshire. In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became aunitary authority. It is on the edge of theYorkshire Wolds, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west ofFiley, 9 miles (14 km) south of Scarborough and 9 miles (14 km) north ofBridlington.[2] The village is on theCentenary Way.
At the2011 census, Hunmanby had a population of 3,132.[1]
Hunmanby railway station is on theYorkshire Coast Line betweenHull andScarborough.
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The village's name of Hunmanby originated with theDanes, appearing in King William'sDomesday Book (published in 1086) as 'Hundemanbi' meaning 'farmstead of the hounds men', relating to the hunting down of wolves on theYorkshire Wolds.[3][4]
Evidence exists showing that Hunmanby was occupied by much earlier people than the Danes. A landslip occurred in 1907 revealing a British chariot burial site from the 1st or 2nd century BC, in which a chariot was buried horse and all. A tumulus on a local farm was opened up to reveal an ancient burial site containing 15 skeletons. Roman pottery and flint axe andarrowheads are frequently found in and around Hunmanby.[5]
Given byWilliam the Conqueror toGilbert de Gant,[6] De Gant lived in a house "without the town" named Le Burlyn (Old French for wool house), regarded to be built on the site where now stands Low Hall, the manor of Hunmanby became one of the most powerful in theNorth of England. His son Walter foundedBridlington Priory.[7] Hunmanby was the site of a castle (fortress in some descriptions) which was built by Gilbert de Gant. It was destroyed during theBattle of Hunmanby byWilliam le Gros (the Earl of York) and the Constable of Chester,Eustace fitz John during a period of history known asThe Anarchy.[8] The site of the castle is now known as Castle Hill.[9][10][11]
The manor changed hands through the centuries many times the manor maintained its importance until the end of the 19th century, when the hereditaryLords of the Manor sold the estate piece by piece. The manor belonged from the 1620s to the 1830s to the Osbaldestons, a branch of a prominentLancashire family; the most notable member of the family wasRichard Osbaldeston,Bishop of London 1762–64.[12] The manor passed by inheritance to theMitford family, of whom the most notable was the novelistBertram Mitford.[13][14]
It was the mainmarket town for theEast Riding of Yorkshire, andHunmanby Market Cross survives. It is said to be the last place in England whereKing Stephen kept hiswolfhounds. It has a number of important buildings including Low Hall. The original hall, which dates from the 11th century, andHunmanby Hall, aQueen Anne era building erected to replace the original hall on a more elevated site.[15] The lodge and gateway to the hall were built using stones taken from Filey Brigg.[16]
After the death ofLord Nunburnholme in the early part of the 19th century, the Hall was bought by the Methodist Education Committee and re-opened in April 1928 as a boarding school for girls.[17] The school closed in 1991 and could take up to 300 girls.[18] The site is now home to a nine-holegolf course.[19]
All Saints' Church is partly 12th century (though it is believed aSaxon church stood on the site before the present one). It was renovated in 1845 and is nowgrade II* listed.[20][21]
Hunmanby used to be on the main coaching road between Scarborough andHull.[22] TheA165 road bypasses the village by a 1 mile (1 km) to the east.[23] The village is served by an hourly bus service between Bridlington and Scarborough[24] with a one-day stopping coach service between Scarborough andLondon serving a holiday park to the east on the A165 at Hunmanby Moor.[25]
The holiday park at Hunmanby Moor used to be theFiley Butlin's resort. This had its own spur railway from the railway line between Scarborough and Hull (now theYorkshire Coast Line).[26] Whilst the railway to the holiday park closed down in 1977. A railway station has been located at Hunmanby since October 1847 when the line first opened.[27] Services are hourly between Hull and Scarborough each way,[28] with thestation being on an isolated two track section on a largely single line betweenBridlington andSeamer.[29]
Hunmanby has a number of businesses located within the village, despite its small size. These include Deep Sea Electronics, Cirrus Research Plc, Hunprenco, Peninsula Group, Barcodereaders.com, the Apollo Group and the Beck Engineering Group. In 2017 Yorkshire's first whisky distillery was opened on Hunmanby Industrial Estate by the owners of the nearby Wold Top Brewery.[30]
The dinosaurs forBlackgang Chine on theIsle of Wight were manufactured in Hunmanby by Beck Engineering and featured on the television seriesBlue Peter. Historically it was the home of theSolar Domegreenhouse company, who made an unusual geodetic dome-shaped greenhouse and also had one of only two car manufacturers inYorkshire in 1911.
Hunmanby is also the location of a television transmitter which acts as a local relay filler forFiley,Bridlington and the surrounding villages which are unable to receive transmissions fromOliver's Mount andBelmont. It also is a terminal for theVSNL Northern Europe submarine telecommunications cable connecting withDe Marne in theNetherlands.[31]
In 2010, Hunmanby won aSilver-gilt at theBritain in Bloom awards, this was the first time the village had entered the competition.[32]
There is also anautograss track just outside the village.[33] In 2018, actress and radio presenterRoxanne Pallett crashed whilst racing at the site.[34]
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