Lelley

Lelley
Village
Main Street in Lelley
Lelley is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Lelley
Lelley
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceTA209325
• London155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU12
Dialling code01482
PoliceHumberside
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AmbulanceYorkshire
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UK
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53°46′31″N 0°09′59″W / 53.775395°N 0.166441°W / 53.775395; -0.166441

Lelley is a small village in the civil parish of Elstronwick,[1] in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3 miles (5 km) north of Hedon.

Lelley was formerly a township in the parish of Preston,[2] in 1866 Lelley became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Elstronwick.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 112.[4]

Lelley comes from the word 'Lelle' which means 'clearing in the woods'.[5]

The village contains a public house, two benches (one a war memorial and the other a millennium bench) and a telephone box.

Lelley Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the village in 1859.[6]

In 1823 Lelly was in the parish of Preston and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population was 119, which included a carrier who operated between the village and Hull once a week.[7]

The Lelley Windmill, a six-storey corn mill completed in 1790, is a Grade II* Listed Building.[8]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Elstronwick Parish (E04000388)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ "History of Lelley, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Lelley CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Population statistics Lelley CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Lelley :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  6. ^ Kelly's Directory of Hull, 1899. Hull: Kelly's. 1899. p. 597. OCLC 1131686686.
  7. ^ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 363
  8. ^ Historic England. "Lelley Windmill, Elstonwick (1215991)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.