Bridlington
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 5 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | TA1866 | ||
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| Residents | 33,837 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Post town | BRIDLINGTON | ||
| ZIP code section | YO15 / YO16 | ||
| prefix | 01262 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| District | East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| British Parliament | East Yorkshire | ||
| Website: http://www.aboutbridlington.co.uk | |||
Bridlington is a middle town in the English Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire . It is located in the northeast of the district on the North Sea coast. According to the 2001 census, Bridlington had a total of 33,837 residents.
geography
Bridlington is a seaside resort with a smaller port on the North Sea coast, just south of the Flamborough Head headland .
Geologically speaking, Bridlington belongs to the Holderness coast, which has one of the highest erosion rates in Europe. North of Bridlington the coast rises to a steep cliff and is flat and slightly undulating in the south. There are dikes and wide beaches lined with wooden groynes .
The urban area of Bridlington includes the core city and the districts of Bessingby and Sewerby. The core city is divided into two parts:
- The Altstadt ( Old Town ), once called Burlington , is a good kilometer from the sea. This is where the historic market square and St Mary's cathedral are located .
- Bridlington Quay consists of the tourist district and the waterfront area. The harbor is bordered by two stone piers. After lengthy planning, a ferris wheel was recently built by the sea, which is modeled on the London Eye in London.
Bridlington is the seat of one of twelve manned weather stations in the British Isles for measuring and forecasting sea weather .
history
The origins of the settlement around Bridlington are unknown, but they are already suspected in ancient times. The nearby Dane's Dyke is a four-kilometer-long artificial dyke dating from the Bronze Age . It is believed that a place of greater importance already existed at the time of the Roman occupation. Traces of a Roman road and Roman coins were discovered in the city.
The city was first mentioned in a document in the Domesday Book . "Bretlinton" was originally the seat of a district ruled by a count called Huntow , but was later taken by William the Conqueror . During the period when the Normans' campaign (called The Harrying of the North ) took place, land prices fell from £ 32 at the time of Edward the Confessor to only 8 shillings .
The land was given to the king's nephew, Gilbert de Gant, in 1027. His eldest son, Walter de Gant, founded a monastery, Bridlington Priory , in 1133 , which was inaugurated by Henry I. Various subsequent kings extended the rights of the monastery over time. King Stephen certified him the right to own a port; In 1200 Johann Ohneland allowed the operation of a weekly market and an annual fair, and Heinrich VI. allowed the operation of three masses on the birth of Mary and in 1446 set John of Bridlington as prior of the monastery. In 1415, Henry V visited the monastery to thank him for his victory at the Battle of Agincourt . During this time, the population around the monastery grew noticeably.
After the dissolution of the English monasteries , Charles I gave the monastery property to Sir John Ramsey, who had recently introduced the office of Count of Holderness . In May 1636 Ramsey sold the so-called Manor of Bridlington in a document to 13 of its residents and raised them to a count-like status.
In 1643 Henrietta Maria of France went ashore at Bridlington to support the royalists in the English Civil War and later to settle in York .
In the early days of the city, a small fishing port grew up, later known as Bridlington Quay . After the discovery of ferrous springs, the harbor district developed into a lido. The town's first hotel opened in 1805 and was mostly frequented by industrial workers from the West Riding of Yorkshire . The station was opened between the old town and the harbor district on October 6, 1846. The location of the train station soon ensured that the two parts of the city were united. As the popularity of overseas travel destinations grew, so did the number of visitors to Bridlington. In its heyday, the lido was one of the leading British travel destinations with a nationally known dance palace and many entertainers performing in the city.
politics
Bridlington has been in the East Yorkshire constituency since 1997 , with Greg Knight of the Conservatives in the British Parliament . From 1950 to 1997 there was a constituency of Bridlington, which, in addition to the city itself, also comprised a considerable part of the surrounding area. Past MPs included Richard Wood, son of former British Foreign Secretary Edward Wood . Before 1950, Bridlington was part of the Buckrose constituency.
Bridlington was promoted to a municipal borough in 1899 . In 1974 the borough was incorporated into the newly established county of Humberside , which, however, caused great resentment in the population due to the spin-off from Yorkshire. Bridlington became the administrative seat of the North Wolds district; later the Loyalists established the name East Yorkshire . The district disappeared in the 1990s when Humberside County was dissolved. North of the Humber , the new Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire , whose capital was Beverley , took its place in 1996 . Since then, Bridlington has no longer had an administrative function above the city council. Bridlington used to be a stronghold of the Labor Party, but recently the Conservatives have increasingly been able to assert themselves.
Town twinning
The city maintains twinning partnerships
Culture and sights
- Priory Church
- Sewerby Hall
- Bempton Cliffs
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The city is on the Yorkshire Coast Line , a railway line that stretches north from Kingston upon Hull to Scarborough . Northern Rail trains currently operate on it . The town's railway station originally opened on October 6, 1846 as the terminus of the Kingston upon Hull line, with the northern section to Scarborough opened a year later.
Bridlington is the starting point for the A614 to Nottingham . In addition, the A165 runs close to the coast from Scarborough via Bridlington to Kingston upon Hull. Connection to the motorway network is 60 km southwest at Howden .
media
Bridlington's daily newspaper is the Bridlington Free Press . The radio station Yorkshire Coast Radio emits Bridlington.
education
Elementary schools
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Further training
- Bridlington School
- Headlands School and Community Science College
Colleges
- East Riding College
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Richard Cresswell (born 1977), football player
- Andrew Dismore (born 1954), politician
- Angela Eagle (* 1961), politician
- John of Bridlington (1320-1379), prior and saint
- Charlie Heaton (born 1994), actor
- Mark Herman (* 1954), film director
- William Kent (1685–1748), leading architect, garden designer and interior designer of the 18th century
- Adam Khan (* 1985), racing driver
- Chris Pyne (1939–1995), jazz musician
- Mick Pyne (1940-1995), jazz musician
- Craig Short (* 1968), former soccer player and now manager
literature
- G. Body: 'PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2 (= The Making of the English Landscape). Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, London 1976, ISBN 1-85260-072-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Bridlington CP (Parish) . In: Neighborhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved May 15, 2008.
- ^ A b Erosion & Flooding in the Parish of Bridlington . In: Coastal Observatory . University of Hull. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- ^ Bridlington Eye . Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- ↑ UK Attraction: Danes' Dyke at Flamborough . Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
- ↑ a b c d e f History, topography, and directory of East Yorkshire (with Hull). . T Bulmer & Co. 1892. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
- ^ LPL Limited: Bridlington.net - The Foundation of the Bridlington Priory . Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ↑ bridlingtonfreepress.com ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ G Body: PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2 . Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough 1988, ISBN 1-85260-072-1 , p. 49.
- ^ Sewerby Hall
- ^ Bempton Cliffs
- ^ Body, G .: PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2 , 1976, p. 49
Web links
- The City website (English)