| Kettleness | |
|---|---|
 Kettleness | |
.svg)  Kettleness Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | NZ831155 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Whitby |
| Postcode district | YO21 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Kettleness, is a hamlet in the Scarborough District of North Yorkshire, England. The settlement only consists of half-a-dozen houses,[1][2] but up until the early 19th century, it was a much larger village. However, most of that village, which was on the headland, slipped into the sea as a result of instability caused by quarrying for the alum industry. Kettleness became a smaller settlement, with houses rebuilt slightly further inland.
Historically, the hamlet has had an alum works, a jet mining industry and ironstone workings. The hamlet used to have a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway, that was open between 1883 and 1958. Kettleness is recorded within the parish of Lythe for census purposes.[3]
- ^ Wilkinson, George (3 June 2006). "Runswick Bay". York Press. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Brodie, George (1942). The reminiscences of a civil engineering contractor. Bristol: J. Wright & Sons. p. 14. OCLC 34486482.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lythe Parish (E04007688)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2020.