Ganstead

Ganstead
Ganstead  Ganstead shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA148341
– London	160 mi (260 km)  S
Civil parish	Bilton
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HULL
Postcode district	HU11
Dialling code	01482
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°47′26″N 0°15′31″W / 53.790648°N 0.258609°W

Ganstead is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Hull city centre. It is divided into Ganstead East and Ganstead West by the A165 road which passes through the village.

Ganstead forms part of the civil parish of Bilton.

In 1823 Ganstead was in the parish of Swine and in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population at the time was 61 and included four farmers and a corn miller.^[1]

Swine Lane, Ganstead West

References

1. Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 209

• Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.

External links

• Media related to Ganstead at Wikimedia Commons
• Ganstead in the Domesday Book