Rawcliffe, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Overview
The civil parish is formed by the village of Rawcliffe and the hamlet of Rawcliffe Bridge which lies just to the south-east of the village. According to the 2011 UK census, Rawcliffe parish had a population of 2,379, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 2,087.
The village is served by a railway station on the Pontefract Line railway, originally part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway route to nearby Goole.
The parish was part of the Goole Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside until 1996.
The parish church is dedicated to St James and was designated a Grade II listed building in 1986.
A 20 acres (8 ha) Local Nature Reserve, Sugar Mill Ponds, has been created on the site of an old sugar factory at Rawcliffe Bridge.
Gallery
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House on The Green -
Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown -
The Royal Oak -
St James' Church, Rawcliffe
References
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rawcliffe Parish (1170211242)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Rawcliffe Parish (00FB113)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "History of Rawcliffe, in East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St James (1347022)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Local Nature Reserves". Natural England. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 9.
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