Newbald is a

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately west of the

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and covering an area of . The civil parish is formed by the village of

North Newbald North Newbald is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newbald, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately north-west of Hull city centre, north of South Cave and south of Market Weigh ...

and the

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South Newbald South Newbald is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newbald, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of Hull city centre, north of South Cave and south of Market Weighton. It lies ...

. It is drained by Ings

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which ultimately feeds into the

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. The beck powered a

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to the south of the village. East of the village, the ''

South Cave South Cave is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the west of Hull city centre on the A1034 road just to the north of the A63 road. North Cave is approximately to the north-wes ...

Market Weighton Market Weighton ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the main towns in the East Yorkshire Wolds and lies midway between Kingston upon Hull, Hull and York, about from e ...

Goodmanham Goodmanham (historically Godmundingaham, the home of the people of Godmund) is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the north-east of Market Weight ...

'' section of the

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passes through Swin Dale. According to the

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, Newbald parish had a population of 1,115, an increase on the

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figure of 989.

Governance

Newbald was in the Haltemprice and Howden parliamentary constituency until the 2010 general election when it was transferred to the constituency of Beverley and Holderness.

References

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Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{EastRiding-geo-stub