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Haltemprice was a former
urban districtIn the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.-England and Wales:In England...
and currently refers to an area in the
East Riding of YorkshireThe East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and it is a ceremonial county of England. It is named after the historic East Riding of Yorkshire , which also constituted a ceremonial and administrative county until 1974...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, directly to the west of
HullKingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary...
. It comprises the villages,
AnlabyAnlaby is a village located just west of Kingston upon Hull, and is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is bordered by Anlaby Common , Willerby, Kirk Ella and Hessle. It lies to the east of the B1232 road and on the B1231 road.It has a number of shops, as well as the village hall, St...
,
CottinghamCottingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies just to the north-west of the city of Kingston upon Hull...
,
HessleHessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. It is part of Hull's built-up area but not within the city's boundaries. It is on the north bank of the Humber Estuary where theHumber Bridge crosses...
,
Kirk EllaKirk Ella is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is located around west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. Together with West Ella it forms the civil parish of Kirk Ella and West Ella....
,
SkidbySkidby is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Hull city centre and south of Beverley. It lies just to the west of the A164 road which makes it very accessible....
,
West EllaWest Ella is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is located approximately west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. It is situated on the east side of the A164 road. On the other side of the A164 road is Swanland...
and
WillerbyWillerby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is located about west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. According to the 2001 UK census, Willerby parish had a population of 8,056....
.
Haltemprice was historically an
extra-parochial areaIn the United Kingdom, an extra-parochial area was an area considered to be outside any parish. Extra-parochial areas were gradually either integrated with a neighbouring or surrounding parish, or made independent parishes in the 19th century....
, and was made a
civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and in some places the lowest tier of local government, below districts and counties. A civil parish can alternatively be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council; and in a limited number of...
in its own right in 1858. It was included in the
Sculcoates Rural DistrictSculcoates was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1935.The district formed three separate areas around Kingston upon Hull municipal borough.The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894....
under the
Local Government Act 1894The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...
.
In 1935, under a
County Review OrderThe Local Government Act, 1929 made changes to poor law and local government in England and Wales.The act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their boards of guardians, passing their powers to local authorities...
, an urban district of Haltemprice was set up, to cover Hull's western suburbs.
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Haltemprice was a former
urban districtIn the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.-England and Wales:In England...
and currently refers to an area in the
East Riding of YorkshireThe East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and it is a ceremonial county of England. It is named after the historic East Riding of Yorkshire , which also constituted a ceremonial and administrative county until 1974...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, directly to the west of
HullKingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary...
. It comprises the villages,
AnlabyAnlaby is a village located just west of Kingston upon Hull, and is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is bordered by Anlaby Common , Willerby, Kirk Ella and Hessle. It lies to the east of the B1232 road and on the B1231 road.It has a number of shops, as well as the village hall, St...
,
CottinghamCottingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies just to the north-west of the city of Kingston upon Hull...
,
HessleHessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. It is part of Hull's built-up area but not within the city's boundaries. It is on the north bank of the Humber Estuary where theHumber Bridge crosses...
,
Kirk EllaKirk Ella is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is located around west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. Together with West Ella it forms the civil parish of Kirk Ella and West Ella....
,
SkidbySkidby is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Hull city centre and south of Beverley. It lies just to the west of the A164 road which makes it very accessible....
,
West EllaWest Ella is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is located approximately west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. It is situated on the east side of the A164 road. On the other side of the A164 road is Swanland...
and
WillerbyWillerby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is located about west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. According to the 2001 UK census, Willerby parish had a population of 8,056....
.
Parish
Haltemprice was historically an
extra-parochial areaIn the United Kingdom, an extra-parochial area was an area considered to be outside any parish. Extra-parochial areas were gradually either integrated with a neighbouring or surrounding parish, or made independent parishes in the 19th century....
, and was made a
civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and in some places the lowest tier of local government, below districts and counties. A civil parish can alternatively be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council; and in a limited number of...
in its own right in 1858. It was included in the
Sculcoates Rural DistrictSculcoates was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1935.The district formed three separate areas around Kingston upon Hull municipal borough.The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894....
under the
Local Government Act 1894The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...
.
Urban district
In 1935, under a
County Review OrderThe Local Government Act, 1929 made changes to poor law and local government in England and Wales.The act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their boards of guardians, passing their powers to local authorities...
, an urban district of Haltemprice was set up, to cover Hull's western suburbs. The Cottingham and Hessle urban districts were abolished and included into the new Haltemprice Urban District, as was part of the
Sculcoates Rural DistrictSculcoates was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1935.The district formed three separate areas around Kingston upon Hull municipal borough.The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894....
including the existing parish of Haltemprice and the parish of West Ella.
In 1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
, Haltemprice Urban District was merged to form part of the
BeverleyBeverley was a local government district and borough of Humberside, England, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the previous borough of Beverley, with Beverley Rural District and Haltemprice Urban District...
borough in
HumbersideHumberside was a non-metropolitan county of England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber estuary, created from portions of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey...
, the northern half of which became the reconstituted East Riding in 1996. The former Haltemprice area has been since divided again into a number of
civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and in some places the lowest tier of local government, below districts and counties. A civil parish can alternatively be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council; and in a limited number of...
es.
The area gives its name to the Parliamentary seat of Haltemprice and Howden which is held by the former Shadow Home Secretary
David DavisDavid Michael Davis is a British politician who is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden. He is often mistaken for fellow Tory MP David TC Davies ....
and, as the fictional constituency of Haltemprice, was held by the fictional Tory MP Alan B'Stard in the
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
sitcom
The New StatesmanThe New Statesman was an award-winning British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time...
.