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Balkholme
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
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•  London 155 mi (249 km)  S
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53°44′37″N0°48′41″W / 53.743631°N 0.811374°W / 53.743631; -0.811374

Balkholme is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilpin and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 78. [1]

Balkholme is to the south of the B1230 Howden to Gilberdyke road as it crosses the M62 motorway, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of the parish village of Kilpin. The county town of Beverley is 17 miles (27 km) to the north-east, the town of Howden 2.5 miles (4 km) west, and the town centre of Goole approximately 4 miles (6 km) south-west.

In 1823, Baines recorded that Balkholme was in the parish of Howden, and the wapentake and liberty of Howdenshire, and had a population of 105 including eight farmers. [2] Balkholme was formerly a township in the parish of Howden, [3] from 1866 Balkholme was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilpin and Eastrington, part also went to form Gilberdyke. [4]

At the east side of Balkholme is West Linton Farmhouse, a Grade II listed late 18th-century house, of two-storeys and three-bays. It is built of red brick in Flemish bond, with pantile roof, and has a 19th-century wing. [5]

There is a small RAF memorial garden on Brow Lane where a mid-air collision occurred during the Second World War between two Halifax Bombers of 578 Squadron. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Population statistics Balkholme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 152.
  3. ↑ "History of Balkholme, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Relationships and changes Balkholme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "West Linton Farmhouse (1355023)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "LEST WE FORGET LK-E and LK-K MEMORIALS: BALKHOLME EAST YORKSHIRE". 578 Squadron. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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