South Newbald is a
hamlet
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and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Newbald, in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England. It is situated approximately north-west of
Hull
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Ma ...
city centre, north of
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 ...
and south of
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 ...
. It lies to the east of the
A1034 road
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Single- and double-d ...
. The larger village of
North Newbald is just to the north. In 1931 the parish had a population of 173.
In 1823 South Newbald was in the civil parish of North Newbald, the
Wapentake
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of
Harthill and the
Liberty
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of
St Peter's. Population at the time was 179, with occupations including seven farmers &
yeomen
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and three corn millers. Resident was a banker, an
overseer
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, and the vicar of North Newbald.
[ Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 372]
Governance
The hamlet was in the
Haltemprice and Howden parliamentary constituency until the
2010 general election when it was transferred to the constituency of
Beverley and Holderness.
In 1866 South Newbald became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form "Newbald".
References
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Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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