Kiplingcotes is a

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately north-east of the

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, and to the west of Etton. The hamlet is mentioned in the

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as ''Climbicote'', having two ploughlands and belonging to the Archbishop of York. The name was most often written as two words (Kipling Cotes, or Kipling Coates), and means ''The cottages of Cybbel's people'', Cybbel being an

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personal name. It was originally part of the parish of

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, which was in the

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of Harthill. It is now split between the

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es of

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and Etton, and is represented at Parliament as part of the Beverley and Holderness Constituency. Kiplingcotes is the location for the annual Kiplingcotes Derby horse race. The 500th race took place on 21 March 2019. The hamlet was served by Kiplingcotes railway station on the

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between 1865 and 1965. In 1823 Kiplingcotes (then alternatively Kipling Coates House), a farmer was listed as the only inhabitant. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 361 Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve, to the west of the hamlet is managed by

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. In 1993, the name ''Kiplingcotes'' was removed from Ordnance Survey mapping, and Humberside County Council refused to place new signs directing people to the hamlet.

Gallery

File:Kiplingcotes Station.jpg, Kiplingcotes station, now disused File:Supplemental image - false prophet^ - geograph.org.uk - 60789.jpg,

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used as the start post for the Kiplingcotes Derby File:Kiplingcotes Quarry.jpg, Kiplingcotes Quarry Nature Reserve in April

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