Sunk Island

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.652384
longitude= -0.084397
official_name= Sunk Island
population= 224 (2001 census)
civil_parish= Sunk Island
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 = HU12
postcode_area= HU
dial_code= 01964
os_grid_reference= TA267190

Sunk Island is a Crown Estate village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies Convert|3.5|mi|km|lk=on south of Ottringham and convert|1|mi|km|sing=on to the north of the River Humber.

According to the 2001 UK census, Sunk Island parish had a population of 224.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791047&c=Sunk+Island&d=16&e=15&g=391271&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211320669191&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Sunk Island CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-20
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics]

History

Sunk Island originated as a sand bank in the River Humber, by the reign of Charles I of England, it was said to form a seven acre island, one-and-a-half mile from the mainland.cite web
url = http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Sunkisland/Sunkisland92.html
title = SUNK ISLAND: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892.
accessdate = 2007-08-03
author = GENUKI] From 1663, the land around it was gradually drained, and by the mid-18th century, the channel separating it from the shore had entirely silted up. It was parished in 1831. A fort was built at the outbreak of World War I.

Today, the settlement consists of a church, a few houses and various farms. Cottages were built 1855-7 by Samuel Sanders Teulon.

The parish church of Holy Trinity, designed by Ewan Christian in the 1870s, [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] is a Grade II listed building.

References

External links

*IoE|166621 - Holy Trinity Church
* [http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/70_interactive_maps_urban_rural.htm?txtName=Map_Sunk_Island Sunk Island Crown Estate]