Kiplingcotes

Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Dalton Holme
Etton

Unitary authority

East Riding of Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

East Riding of Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBEVERLEYPostcode districtHU17Post townYORKPostcode districtYO25Dialling code01430PoliceHumbersideFire Humberside Ambulance Yorkshire UK Parliament

Beverley and Holderness

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°53′51″N 0°35′38″W / 53.897429°N 0.593796°W / 53.897429; -0.593796

Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the market town of Market Weighton, and 3 miles (5 km) to the west of Etton.^[1]

The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Climbicote, having two ploughlands and belonging to the Archbishop of York.^[2] The name was most often written as two words (Kipling Cotes, or Kipling Coates), and means The cottages of Cybbel's people, Cybbel being an Old English personal name.^[3] It was originally part of the parish of Middleton on the Wolds, which was in the wapentake of Harthill.^[4] It is now split between the civil parishes of Dalton Holme and Etton, and is represented at Parliament as part of the Beverley and Holderness Constituency.^[5]

Kiplingcotes is the location for the annual Kiplingcotes Derby horse race. The 500th race took place on 21 March 2019.^[6]

The hamlet was served by Kiplingcotes railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1865 and 1965.^[7]

In 1823 Kiplingcotes (then alternatively Kipling Coates House), a farmer was listed as the only inhabitant.^[8]

Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve, to the west of the hamlet is managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.^[9]

In 1993, the name Kiplingcotes was removed from Ordnance Survey mapping, and Humberside County Council refused to place new signs directing people to the hamlet.^[10]

Gallery

Kiplingcotes station, now disused
Benchmark used as the start post for the Kiplingcotes Derby
Kiplingcotes Quarry Nature Reserve in April

References

^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kipling Cotes". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Kipling Cotes | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ Smith, A. H. (1970) [1937]. Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York. London: Cambridge University Press. p. 165. ISBN 0521049075.
^ "Genuki: Middleton On The Wolds, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Kiplingcotes Derby: Oldest horse race celebrates 500th anniversary". BBC News. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 361
^ "Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit | YWT". www.ywt.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ Wilkinson, Paul (6 September 1993). "Domesday hamlet wants to put itself back on the map". The Times. No. 64741. p. 6. ISSN 0140-0460.