Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Easington is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the area known as Holderness. A coastal settlement, it is situated between the Humber estuary and the North Sea at the south-eastern corner of the county, and at the end of the B1445 road from Patrington. The coastal town of Withernsea is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". to the north-west.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Easington and the hamlets of Kilnsea, Out Newton and Spurn Head. Bull Sand Fort is administered as part of the parish.[1] According to the 2011 UK Census, Easington parish had a population of 691,[2] a small decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 698.[3]
The name Easington derives from the Old English Esaingtūn or Esiingtūn meaning 'settlement connected with Esa' or 'Esi'.[4]
The parish church of All Saints' is a Grade I listed building.[5]
In 1823 the ecclesiastical parish incumbency was a perpetual curacy under the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The parish had a population of 488, with occupations that included a butcher, a corn miller, a weaver, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, two grocers, three shoemakers, four tailors, twelve farmers, two schoolmasters, a land surveyor, a yeoman, and the landlord of the Granby's Head public house. There were two carriers who operated between the village and Hull weekly.[6]
Many years ago, the parish of Easington included Turmarr, Hoton, Northorpe, Dimlington, Old Kilnsea and Ravenser. These villages have been lost to the ever-encroaching sea, and some had disappeared as early as 1400.[7]
The thatched tithe barn is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, having been designated in 1987.[8]
Easington is significant for being the birthplace of the Anglo-Canadian poet and literary scholar, Robin Skelton (1925–97).[9]
Gas terminal
Easington is the site of a large natural gas terminal, Easington Gas Terminal, consisting of two terminals owned and operated by BP: Centrica Storage which processes and stores gas offshore; and Gassco, operating the Norway to UK Langeled pipeline. In October 2022, Centrica announced that the undersea Rough natural gas storage facility, closed since 2017, was ready for partial re-opening.[10] Since December 2022 the terminal pumps gas to and from the facility, which acts as a reservoir to manage seasonal trends in the supply and demand of gas in the UK.[11]
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