Ellerker
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ellerker is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately Script error: No such module "convert". west of Hull city centre and Script error: No such module "convert". east of the market town of Howden. It lies Script error: No such module "convert". south of the A63 road junction with the A1034 road.
According to the 2011 UK Census, Ellerker parish had a population of 307,[1] a decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 320.[2] Ellerker lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Goole and Pocklington.
'Ellerker' means a "marsh where alder trees grow", from Old English alor or aler "alder" and Old Norse kjarr "marsh". The name was recorded as Alrecher in the 11th century[3] and Alekirr in 1139. Same name as Orcher (Normandy, Aurichier 12th century).[3]
In 1823, Ellerker was in the parish of Brantingham and the Wapentake of Howdenshire. Village population was 249, including eight farmers, a corn miller, a shopkeeper, a tailor, a shoemaker, and a carpenter. Also listed in directories were three yeomen and a curate of the village church. Once a week a carrier operated from the village to Hull and Wilton.[4]
The village church is dedicated to St Anne and is designated as a Grade II listed building.[5]
Sir Rafe Ellerker is cited in Part 1 of the title 'The Last Years of a Frontier' — D. L. W. Tough, concerning his survey of the Border Marches, 1541.[6]
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