Kellington
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Kellington is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Aire. Situated almost equidistant between the towns of Pontefract and Selby, the village dates back to at least the 11th century when it was listed in the Domesday Book (as Chelinctone). The semi-rural community grew in size with the advent of local mining as housing was built to accommodate the workers of nearby Kellingley Colliery.
Weather now
cached 1652h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Kellington
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 991
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Kellington
- UK place.static_image
- Kellington Centre - geograph.org.uk - 159456.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kellington centre
- UK place.population
- 991
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kellington
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.post_town
- GOOLE
- UK place.postcode_district
- DN14
- UK place.postcode_area
- DN
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE551249
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Selby
- Population
- 991
- Image
- Windmill, house conversion - geograph.org.uk - 161330.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kellington
- postal code
- DN14
- OS grid reference
- SE551249
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Governance
- Amenities
- Notable places
- HMS ''Kellington''
- See also
- References
- External links
Kellington is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Aire. Situated almost equidistant between the towns of Pontefract and Selby, the village dates back to at least the 11th century when it was listed in the Domesday Book (as Chelinctone). The semi-rural community grew in size with the advent of local mining as housing was built to accommodate the workers of nearby Kellingley Colliery.
The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Selby District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kellington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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