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Coordinates:53°44′22″N0°11′41″W/ 53.7395°N 0.1948°W/53.7395; -0.1948
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Hedon
Hedon Market Street
Hedon is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Hedon
Hedon
Location within theEast Riding of Yorkshire
Population7,100 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTA190285
Civil parish
  • Hedon
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU12
Dialling code01482
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53°44′22″N0°11′41″W/ 53.7395°N 0.1948°W/53.7395; -0.1948

Hedonis a town andcivil parishinHoldernessin theEast Riding of Yorkshire,England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east ofHull city centre.It lies to the north of theA1033 roadat the crossroads of theB1240andB1362 roads. It is particularly noted for theparish church of St. Augustine,known as the 'King of Holderness',[2]which is aGrade I listed building.[3]

In 1991, the town had a population of 6,066,[4]which had risen to 6,332 by the time of the2001 UK census.[5]By the2011 UK census,Hedon parish had a population of 7,100,[1]

History

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St. Augustine's Church, Hedon
Hedon Town Hall

Hedon is not mentioned in theDomesday Bookwhich leads to the belief that it was a new town created by theNormansas a port.[6]Hedon was at its most prosperous in the 12th and 13th centuries and at one time was the 11th largest port in England.[7]The decline of the port came with the development of the port ofHulland the building of larger ships which were unable to get up the small river to Hedon.[8][9]

Hedon was given its first charter byHenry IIin 1158 and was granted improved ones byKing Johnin 1200 andHenry IIIin 1248 and 1272.Edward IIIgranted the most important charter which gave the town the right to elect a mayor.[10]

In 1415 Hedon was granted an important charter, which let the town have burgesses and other ministers and also gave the town amace.This mace, held inHedon Town Hall,is now the oldest surviving mace in the country, and is clearly a weapon of war.[11]

The town was aparliamentary boroughuntil it was disenfranchised under theReform Act 1832.[12]It still enjoyed its borough status granted by its charters until 1974 when it was removed in a reorganisation of local government.[13]

To the west of the town, on the Twyers Estate, was a racecourse. The course staged its first meeting on 24 August 1888, withPrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondalein attendance on the second day, and racing continued until 1895. The racecourse was re-opened in 1906 but closed permanently after racing on 11 September 1909.[14]After closing it was developed into anaerodromeofficially opened in 1929 byPrince George, Duke of Kent.[15]It was the arrival point of Hull-born aviatorAmy Johnsonon her record-breaking solo flight to Australia in 1930, where she began a triumphant homecoming.[16]After ten years of operation, the aerodrome closed duringSecond World War,1939–1945. Afterward, the site was briefly used as a motorcycle speedway track. Attempts were made in the late-1950s to reopen it for flying, which failed,[17]and the land has been used as grazing for cattle. A plaque commemorating the memory of the airfield was installed at the nearby Kingstown Hotel in July 2017.[18]

TheHull and Holderness Railwayopened in 1854 which ran from Victoria Dock in Hull toWithernsea,through Hedon. Thestationwas built to the north of the town and it proved a vital part of Hedon's transport system for a century. In 1965 Hedon lost its passenger service whenBritish RailwaysappointedLord Beechingto stop losses, and closed branch lines not making a profit. The line from Hull as far as Hedon remained open for goods until 1968.[19]

Hedon became the subject of national media attention in August 2000 when a freak mini-tornado in theHumber Estuarycaused flash floods and hailstones to drop on parts of the town.[20]

Burstwick Drain

Hedon was also affected by the widespread floods that occurred in theUK in the summer of 2007;areas affected included the Inmans / Westlands Estates and most areas near the Burstwick drain. A nearby village,Burstwick,saw the most homes flooded in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[21][22]

There have been plans to create a country park around theHedon Haven,south of the town.[23]There is an open-air concrete skate park in the south of the town between Draper's Lane and the Burstwick Drain.[24]

Controversy

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In late 2023, following a growing pattern in East Yorkshire by communication providers intending to provide their own services via their own individual infrastructure,[25]wooden polesto provide internet connections to Hedon were erected on behalf of MS3 Networks.[26]Changes to the law from April 2022 meant planning consent was not needed.

In early 2024, some poles were identified byHistoric Englandto be in violation of the requiredscheduled monumentconsent, a criminal offence, as the area was considered to have Scheduled Monument status. MS3 Networks' CEO stated their services could save residents "...more than £1m per year".[27]Previously in late 2023, MS3 poles in theLonghillarea of Hull were felled by unknown members of the public, after protests by residents unhappy with the new poles.[28]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^abUK Census(2011)."Local Area Report – Hedon Parish (1170211196)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved19 February2018.
  2. ^ The Diocese of York."Deanery of South Holderness".Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2007.Retrieved2 August2007.
  3. ^Historic England."Church of St Augustine (1346568)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved12 August2013.
  4. ^Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Neave, David (ed.).Yorkshire: York and the East Riding(2 ed.). London: Yale University Press. p. 453.ISBN0-300-09593-7.
  5. ^UK Census(2001)."Local Area Report – Hedon Parish (1543504239)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved8 January2019.
  6. ^Beresford 1971,p. 131.
  7. ^Edwards, James Frederick (1987).The Transport System of Medieval England and Wales – a Geographical Synthesis(PDF).usir.salford.ac.uk(Report). Salford: University of Salford. p. 144.Retrieved26 April2020.
  8. ^Beresford, Maurice; St Joseph, John Kenneth (1979).Medieval England: an aerial survey(2 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 220.ISBN0-521-21961-2.
  9. ^"A flourishing port long before Hull".infoweb.newsbank.com.8 April 2005.Retrieved28 April2020.
  10. ^Beresford 1971,p. 142.
  11. ^Winn, Christopher (2010).I never knew that about Yorkshire.London: Ebury. p. 37.ISBN978-0-09-193313-5.
  12. ^"Genuki: HEDON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892".www.genuki.org.uk.Retrieved28 April2020.
  13. ^"Hedon MB through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District".visionofbritain.org.uk.Retrieved28 April2020.
  14. ^Pitt, Chris (2006).A Long Time Gone(Rev. and updated ed.). Halifax: Portway. pp. 92–95.ISBN1901570622.
  15. ^Spooner, Stanley, ed. (18 October 1929). "Prince George opens the Hull Municipal Aerodrome".Flight Magazine.Vol. XXV, no. 1086. London: Flight. pp. 1117–1118.ISSN0015-3710.
  16. ^Barrymore Halpenny, Bruce (1982).Action Stations 4; Military airfields of Yorkshire.Cambridge: Patrick Stephens. p. 86.ISBN0-85059-532-0.
  17. ^"How Hull could have had its own international airport".18 September 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 19 September 2016.Retrieved29 September2016.
  18. ^"28/07/2017, Andy Comfort – BBC Radio Humberside".BBC.Retrieved28 July2017.
  19. ^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.ISBN978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC60251199.OL11956311M.
  20. ^McCarthy, Michael (22 August 2000)."Snow, hail and a freak twister hit the Humber".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 9 May 2022.Retrieved28 April2020.
  21. ^"Call for more permanent pumping stations".infoweb.newsbank.com.28 June 2008.Retrieved28 April2020.
  22. ^Flooding; House of Commons oral evidence.Flooding: TSO. 2008. p. 450.ISBN978-0-215-51488-2.
  23. ^"Our GBP17m dream is flowing again".infoweb.newsbank.com.8 April 2005.Retrieved28 April2020.
  24. ^"Hedon – Drapers Lane Skatepark".www.eastriding.gov.uk.Retrieved28 April2020.
  25. ^David Davis MP calls on broadband companies to end poles rowBBC News,11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024
  26. ^Broadband row in Hedon as MS3 Networks plans to install polesBBC News,7 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024
  27. ^'Poles in Hedon medieval town installed without consent'BBC News,10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024
  28. ^Controversial Hull MS3 broadband poles chopped downBBC News,21 November 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024
  29. ^Miller, Judith; Hill, Mark (2016).Collectables handbook & price guide 2016–2017.London: Hachette. p. 89.ISBN978-1-78472-249-4.
  30. ^Browning, T B. "Campbell, Sir Alexander".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4466.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
  31. ^"Tribute to tragic opera singer Amy Black".Hull Daily Mail.8 December 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 11 December 2009.Retrieved4 March2017.
  • Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets.East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.

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