Visit Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire Places

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Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire history

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Enclosure of land around Willerby was enabled by acts of parliament in 1796 and 1824. In 1844 the population of the 820 acres (3.3 km) township was 214 persons, in 45 houses. A mental asylum, Hull Borough Lunatic Asylum, later known as De la Pole Hospital, was constructed beyond the village to the north in the 1880s. By the late 1960s urban development west of the traditional village centre had reached modern (2012) levels, with the village now an effective suburb of Hull.

Wolfreton

In the Domesday Book Wolfreton was mentioned as Uluardune. In the 1850s it consisted only of few buildings including an Inn, the Springhead Inn. By the beginning of the 20th century the Hull and Barnsley Railway had been built just south of the hamlet.

Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire geography / climate

The village of Willerby forms an outermost western suburb of Hull, separated by non-agricultural green space including allotments, playing fields, and Springhead Park Golf Club. The northern half of the parish remains in agricultural use, and includes Haltemprice Priory farm, which contains archaeological remnants of the Augustinian Augustinian. The boundaries of the modern civil parish are formed by the route of the former Hull and Barnsley Railway.

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Best Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire places to visit

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Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire’s information audio spots:

Springhead engine shed, Hull Springhead engine shed was opened by the Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR) in 1885. The shed was closed by British Railways in July 1961 and subsequently demolished.

Haltemprice Priory Haltemprice Priory was an Augustinian monastery in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The original monastic buildings have long since gone, but ruins of a farmhouse, built in 1584, remain.

De la Pole Hospital De la Pole Hospital was a mental health facility in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was established in the 1920s and 1930s.

Tranby Croft Tranby Croft is a large Grade II listed Victorian country house and estate at Anlaby, near Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The house is built in white brick with ashlar dressing in three storeys with a nine bay frontage.

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