Elmswell

Elmswell is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the town of Driffield. It lies just to the south of the A166 road.

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Type: Hamlet
Description: village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Elmswell, East Riding of Yorkshire” and “Emswell”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Driffield Castle and Driffield railway station.

Driffield Castle

Castle

Driffield Castle is located in the town of Driffield, approximately 12 miles north of Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was a Norman earthwork motte and bailey fortress which was founded by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester. Driffield Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Elmswell.

Driffield railway station

Railway station

Photo: Keith D, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Driffield railway station serves the town of Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Hull–Scarborough line and is operated by Northern, providing all passenger train services. Driffield railway station is situated 2 miles east of Elmswell.

All Saints’ Church, Driffield

Church

Photo: Keith D, CC BY-SA 3.0.

All Saints' Church is the parish church of Driffield, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Driffield before the Norman Conquest, and some large stones from it appear to be built into the tower. All Saints’ Church, Driffield is situated 1½ miles east of Elmswell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Driffield and Garton on the Wolds.

Little Driffield

Village

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Little Driffield is a small village in the civil parish of Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the western outskirts of Great Driffield, to the west of the A614 road and south of the A166 road.

Garton on the Wolds

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Garton on the Wolds is a village and a civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles north-west of Driffield town centre and lies on the A166 road.

Kelleythorpe

Hamlet

Photo: Steve Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kelleythorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Kirkburn. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds on the A614 road near to its junction with the A164 road. Kelleythorpe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Elmswell.

Elmswell

Categories: village and locality
Location: Garton, East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.01156° or 54° 0′ 42″ north

Longitude

-0.48244° or 0° 28′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C6X2G69+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 57869503

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

Wikidata ID

Q5366925

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Elmswell” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Elmswell, East Riding of Yorkshire”
Irish: “Elmswell”
Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Helmswielle, East Þriðing”
Polish: “Elmswell (East Riding of Yorkshire)”
Polish: “Elmswell”

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