Dalton Holme a

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in the

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in England. It is situated to the north-west from the

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and covering an area of . It is made up of two villages,

South Dalton South Dalton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of the B1248 road, and approximately north-east from the market town of Market Weighton and north-west from the market town of Beverley. Etton l ...

and

Holme on the Wolds Holme on the Wolds is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of the market town of Market Weighton and north-west of the market town of Beverley. It lies to west of the B1248 road. Holme ...

, which over the years have become joined. Both the villages are run by the Dalton Estate, owned by the Hotham Family, and are occupied by estate workers and paying tenants. The 18th century Dalton Hall is the home of Lord Hotham, whose family have owned land in the area for generations. The hall was designated a Grade II*

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in 1952 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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The spire of St Mary's, the 19th-century church, is over high and can be seen for miles around. It was built to the design of

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in 1858 to replace an older parish church. Inside the church are a number of monuments to the Hotham family; the older monuments were transferred from the earlier church. One, in black and white marble, is in memory of John Hotham. It dates from after 1697 and is said to have come from Italy. Sir John is represented in life as a reclining knight in full armour, with his helmet and gauntlet beside him, and in death, as a skeleton. Supporting the four corners of the tomb are statues representing the

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. Dalton Estate Office is in the village of

. The Estate domestic buildings are rows of cottages and

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houses, some having plates that record dates back to 1706. The local public house is the Pipe and Glass Inn, situated near the entrance gates to the road through Dalton Park, leading to Dalton Hall, west from the village. The Communist

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Cecil L'Estrange Malone was born there on 7 September 1890. According to the 2011 UK census, Dalton Holme parish had a population of 198, an increase of one on the

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figure.

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Dalton StatePipe and Glass Inn
{{East Yorkshire, state=collapsed Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire