Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Kilnsea, a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire, on the coast, at the mouth of the Humber, 8½ miles SE of Patrington station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order office, Easington, under Hull; telegraph office, Spurn Point. Acreage, 912; population, 194. The manor belongs to the Constable family. Spurn Head, with its lighthouses, forms the 9E extremity. The old lighthouse built by Smeaton was condemned as unsafe in 1894, and a new one erected in its place. Large portions of the land have been swept away by the sea, and even portions which remain are overflowed by high tides and threatened with destruction. Some Roman relics have been found. The living is a vicarage, united with Easington and Skeffling, in the diocese of York; joint gross value, £210. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The old church was destroyed by the advancing waves in 1826. The new church was built in 1865, and is in the Early English style, of dark red brick, with white bands and stone coignes saved from the old church. See SPURN HEAD.
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 | Kilnsea St. Helen | |
| 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 Kilnsea:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1711-1912 | 1896-1907 | 1711-1929 | 1711-1987 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Kilnsea from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kilnsea (St. Helen))
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 Kilnsea are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- 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: