Skirlaugh

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.840079
longitude= -0.267274
official_name= Skirlaugh
population= 1,543 (2001 census)
civil_parish= Skirlaugh
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england= East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Beverley and Holderness
post_town= HULL
postcode_district = HU11
postcode_area= HU
dial_code= 01964
os_grid_reference= TA141395

Skirlaugh is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately Convert|7|mi|km|lk=on north east of Hull city centre on the A165 road. Originally a farming community, it is now primarily a commuter village for Hull.

According to the 2001 UK census, Skirlaugh parish had a population of 1,543.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791038&c=Skirlaugh&d=16&e=15&g=391004&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211318479266&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Skirlaugh CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-20
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics] The parish church, St. Augustine's Church, was built by Walter de Skirlaw who would later become the Bishop of Durham in the late 14th century. It is, according to Pevsner, a "gem of the early-perpendicular" style. [cite book
last = Pevsner
first = Nikolaus
authorlink = Nikolaus Pevsner
coauthors = David Neave
title = Yorkshire: York and the East Riding: The Buildings of England
origyear = 1972
edition = 2nd Ed.
year = 2002
publisher = Yale University Press
isbn = 0-300-09593-7] This is because subsequent generations left the original structure largely intact. The stonework was re-pointed in the 1980s and 1990s by a local volunteer, Mr Edward Brown. The church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Church of England and the Methodist Church.

Skirlaugh was served from 1864 to 1957 by Skirlaugh railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway even though the station was located Convert|1.5|mi|km|lk=off south of the village.

References

External links

* [http://www.thisisskirlaugh.co.uk/ Skirlaugh Village website]