Hilston is a village in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Roos Roos is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated east from Kingston upon Hull city centre and north-west from Withernsea, and on the B1242 road. History The de Ros family originated from the vill ...

, in the

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, England, near the

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coast 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 wit ...

. It is situated approximately east of

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

city centre and north-west of

Withernsea Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its white inland lighthouse, rising around above Hull Road, now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, wh ...

. It lies to the east of the

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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.

Governance

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Roos, Hilston is now represented locally by Roos Parish Council while at county level is in the South East Holderness

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of the

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. At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

Landmarks

An octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower, that was built in 1750 as a folly for

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and is designated a Grade II

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and recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. The

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

References

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* {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness