Ganstead is a village in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...

, England, in an area known as

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wi ...

. It is situated approximately north-east of Hull city centre. It is divided into Ganstead East and Ganstead West by the

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which passes through the village. Ganstead forms part of the

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of Bilton. In 1823 Ganstead was in the parish of Swine and in the

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and

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of Holderness. Population at the time was 61 and included four farmers and a corn miller. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 209 Swine Lane Ganstead

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* * Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness {{EastRiding-geo-stub