Warter is a small village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately east of

Pocklington Pocklington () is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, its population was 10,123. It lies east of York, and ...

on the B1246 road and from the city of

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. According to the

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, Warter parish had a population of 144, a reduction on the

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figure of 159. It is the location for

Warter Priory Warter Priory is an country estate in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire Wolds, centred south-west of the village of Warter and east of Pocklington. The estate had a country house from the 17th century until its demolition ...

, which was an

Augustinian Priory Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written about 400 A.D. by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13th ...

dedicated to St James founded in 1132 by Geoffrey Fitz-Pain. The chronicler Stephen Eyton was a

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there. It was dissolved in 1536 by the dissolution under

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. The site of this priory is now a

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to the north of St James' Church. The dimensions of St James' Church, cloister, other buildings and the shape of their roofs were recorded along with details of the vestments and church plate. The church was 40 by 12 yards with a quire of 28 by 9 yards; the cloister 96 yards in circuit and 4 yards in breadth. The parish church of St James was designated a Grade II

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in January 1967 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. A

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near the village was the inspiration for the landscape painting ''

Bigger Trees Near Warter ''Bigger Trees Near Warter'' or ''ou Peinture en Plein Air pour l'age Post-Photographique'' is a large landscape painting by British artist David Hockney. Measuring , it depicts a coppice near Warter, Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshir ...

'' by

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Education

Warter has a primary school located on Addlekeld, the main street through Warter. The school is called Warter Church of England Primary School and most of its pupils transfer after Year 6 to Woldgate College in

Transport

Warter is served by buses operated by

East Yorkshire Motor Services East Yorkshire operates both local and regional bus services in the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, England. Prior to acquisition by the Go-Ahead Group in June 2018, the company was known as East Yorkshire Motor Services. History ...

Gallery

File:St James Church Warter (Nigel Coates).jpg, St James Church File:Cottages at Warter - geograph.org.uk - 10349.jpg, Cottages at Warter File:The War Memorial, Warter, East Yorks. - geograph.org.uk - 728869.jpg, Warter War Memorial

References

External links

* {{Authority control Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire