Английская Википедия:Hilston

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox UK place Hilston is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately Шаблон:Convert east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and Шаблон:Convert north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.[1]

Governance

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Roos,[2] Hilston is now represented locally by Roos Parish Council[3] while at county level is in the South East Holderness ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[4] At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

Landmarks

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Admiral Storr's Tower, near Hilston

An octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower, that was built in 1750 as a folly for John Storr and is designated a Grade II listed building and recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[5]

The Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret[6] and was built 1956–57 to designs by Francis Johnson to replace the church destroyed by a Second World War bomb in August 1941.[7]

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