Keyingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Keyingham, a village, a township, and a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence adjoining Keyingham Level Drain, 5 miles ESE of Hedon, has a station on the N.E.R., remains of two ancient crosses, and commands an extensive view of the Humber. It has a post and money order office under Hull; telegraph office, Hedon. Acreage of the parish, 3549; population, 587. The land is chiefly marshy clay. Keyingham Level Drain goes 5¼ miles south-south-westward to the Humber at the west side of Sunk Island. Keyingham Creek formerly penetrated in the line of the drain from the Humber to Salthaugh, but is now nearly closed. In a field at the North End farm stood a beautiful cross, which is now in the Keyingham churchyard and is used as a memorial stone to the Owst and Oldfield family. The old font, said to have been that in which A. Marvel was baptized, which was also there, now occupies its old place in the restored church of Winestead. In the same field there is a shaft of an old cross, probably brought from Ottringham, and a quantity of old stones, said to have been brouglit from York Minster. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient, has a tower with octagonal spire, contains an iron hour-glass stand and several monumental tablets, one bearing date 1647, to a member of the Angell family of Middlesex. The church was restored in 1889, and again in 1893. There are Wcsleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a Foresters' hall.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Keyingham St. Nicholas | |
| Poor Law union | Patrington | |
| Riding | East | |
| Wapentake | Holderness |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Keyingham:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1607-1902 | 1653-1892 | 1653-1930 | 1604-1932 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Keyingham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Keyingham (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Keyingham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online: