Tickton is a village and

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in the

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, England. Tickton is approximately east from

Beverley Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located north-west of Hull city centre. At the 2021 census the built-up area of the town had a population of 30,930, and the smaller civil parish had ...

, lying to the south of the

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. The village is about long and contains two churches, two pubs, a primary school and a

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which also serves as a post office. The civil parish consists of the villages of Tickton and Hull Bridge together with the

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s of Eske and Weel. According to the

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, Tickton parish had a population of 1,731, an increase on the

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figure of 1,586. The place-name 'Tickton' is first attested in the

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of 1086, where it appears as ''Tichetone''. The name means 'Tica's homestead or village'.

Governance

Tickton is represented locally by Tickton and Routh Parish Council, a joint council with the adjacent parish of Routh. It is within the Beverley Rural

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of the

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. At the parliamentary level it is part of Beverley and Holderness, currently represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

Media

In 2015 107.8 Beverley FM was launched. This is a station specifically for the community in Beverley and all of its surrounding areas, including Tickton.

Infrastructure

In February 2023, a regional internet service provider, Connexin, installed notices on lampposts around the village, informing residents of plans to erect new telegraph poles along several streets. In a parish council meeting held later in the month, residents complained the poles would be an "eyesore" not worth the promise of faster and cheaper broadband.

Notable people

Kyle Edmund Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 to October 2019. Edmund is an ...

(1995-), tennis player, grew up in Tickton.

References

External links

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