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Sigglesthorne is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea on the 
The village has around 175 houses. There is also an ancient church dedicated to St. Lawrence that was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
There is also a Church of England school.
It is rumoured throughout the village that the settlement was given its name as a result of a Viking who lived there. This Viking leader was supposedly called Siggle/Siggul, and since hawthorne is the predominant type of hedge around the village, it was given the name "Siggul's thorne" → Sigglesthorne.
Hornsea Road in Sigglesthorne is now the home to a large garden centre named Hornsea Garden Centre.
A1035 road
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(formerly B1244) where it meets the B1243 road
B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme
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According to the 2011 UK census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...
, Sigglesthorne parish had a population of 404, an increase on the 2001 UK census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
figure of 282.
The village has around 175 houses. There is also an ancient church dedicated to St. Lawrence that was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
There is also a Church of England school.
It is rumoured throughout the village that the settlement was given its name as a result of a Viking who lived there. This Viking leader was supposedly called Siggle/Siggul, and since hawthorne is the predominant type of hedge around the village, it was given the name "Siggul's thorne" → Sigglesthorne.
Hornsea Road in Sigglesthorne is now the home to a large garden centre named Hornsea Garden Centre.
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* Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness {{EastRiding-geo-stub