Walkerith is a hamlet within the

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of East Stockwith, in the

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, England. It lies on the east bank of the

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, north-west from

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and south from East Stockwith. The name 'Walkerith' derives from the

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for 'landing place of a fuller'. Walkerith is recorded in the 1872 '' White's Directory'' as a small village and

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in the Soke of Kirton, with a population of 80 in of land. Trades listed included a boat builder, the

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of the Ferry Hotel, and four farmers. In 1885, ''

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'' recorded the village as a township within the

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of East Stockwith, with its own ferry across the Trent, an area of , an 1881 population of 87, and a

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chapel built in 1834.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, pp. 662, 663 Prior to 1866 Walkerwith was, for administrative purposes, a township, afterwards a civil parish."Walkerith CP/Tn"
Great Britain Historical GBHGIS, University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 April 2012Youngs, F.; ''Local Administrative Units: Northern England''; London: Royal Historical Society, 1991, p. 286.

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External links

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"Walkerith CP/Tn: Census Tables"
Walkerwith Census data; Visionofbritain.org.uk 1881–1961; Retrieved 20 April 2012
"East Stockwith"

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