Hilston
Template:Short description 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". Hilston is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately Script error: No such module "convert". east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.[1]
Governance
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Roos,[2] Hilston is now represented locally by Roos Parish Council[3] while at county level is in the South East Holderness ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[4] At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.
Landmarks
An octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower, that was built in 1750 as a folly for John Storr and is designated a Grade II listed building and recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[5]
The Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret[6] and was built 1956–57 to designs by Francis Johnson to replace the church destroyed by a Second World War bomb in August 1941.[7]
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