Kilnwick Percy

Not to be confused with Kilnwick.
Kilnwick Percy
Kilnwick Percy
 Kilnwick Percy shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE825500
   – London 170 mi (270 km)  S
Civil parishNunburnholme
Unitary authorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial countyEast Riding of Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO42
Dialling code 01759
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentEast Yorkshire
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Coordinates: 53°56′24″N 0°44′37″W / 53.939986°N 0.743492°W / 53.939986; -0.743492

Kilnwick Percy is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Pocklington town centre, and to the north of the B1246 road.

Kilnwick Percy forms part of the civil parish of Nunburnholme.

Kilnwick Percy Hall is a Grade II* listed country house built around 1845.[1] It is now a Buddhist meditation and retreat centre.[2]

The grounds of the hall include a lake and a small church in the Norman style dedicated to Saint Helen. The church is designated a Grade II listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[3]

In 1823 Kilnwick Percy was a civil parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The ecclesiastical parish was under the patronage of the Dean of York. Population at the time was 43.[4]

Kilnwick Percy Hall

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Kilnwick Percy Hall (1309858)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre". Madhyamaka Buddhist Meditation Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Helen (1346280)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 360.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7. 


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