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Hollym
HollymLocation within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	513 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	TA345252
• London	150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish	Hollym
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WITHERNSEA
Postcode district	HU19
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°42′22″N 0°02′12″E / 53.706032°N 0.036674°E / 53.706032; 0.036674

Hollym is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Withernsea and is on the A1033 road.

According to the 2011 UK Census, Hollym parish had a population of 513, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 447.

Hollym airfield lies just to the north of the village and is suitable for light aircraft.

The parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building.

In 1823 Hollym was parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. St Nicholas' Church was built in 1814 by the then vicar. Population at the time was 260. Occupations included seventeen farmers, a corn miller, a schoolmaster, and the landlady of The Plough public house. A carrier operated between the village and Hull once a week.

Hollym was served from 1854 to 1964 by Hollym Gate railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway.

Edmund Henry Barker, the English classical scholar, was born in the village.

References

1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hollym Parish (1170211198)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Hollym Parish (00FB069)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (1083479)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
4. Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 218
5. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
6. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barker, Edmund Henry" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

• Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.

External links

• Media related to Hollym at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic England. "St Nicholas' Church (1083479)". National Heritage List for England.
• Hollym in the Domesday Book

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