Painsthorpe
Appearance
Painsthorpe | |
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Painsthorpe, looking west | |
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE814583 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | YORK |
Postcode district | YO41 |
Dialling code | 01759 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Painsthorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
It is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Kirby Underdale, the area is remote – the nearest settlement of any size is the small town of Pocklington some 5 miles (8 km) to the south. It forms part of the civil parish of Kirby Underdale and was the site of Painsthorpe Abbey, an Anglican Benedictine monastery.
References
[edit]- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 9.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Painsthorpe.
- Painsthorpe in the Domesday Book