Cottingham, E Yorkshire -St Mary Virgin, Zion United Reformed, Holy Cross RC

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• Picture / Image:  Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire - multiview including: St. Mary the Virgin, Zion United Reormed Church, Hallgate Methodist and Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
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Cottingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies just to the north-west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. With a parish population of over 17,000 in 2011, Cottingham is one of the villages claiming to be the largest village in England.

According to one etymology, 'Cottingham' is thought to derive from both British and Saxon root words: ""Cot"" from Ket, relating to the deity Ceridwen; ing a water meadow; and ham meaning home; the name corresponding to ""habitation in the water meadows of ket"".^[2] The has also been suggested to derive from a man's name ""cotta"" plus -inga- (OE belonging to/named after) and ham; corresponding to ""habitation of cotta's people"".^[3] Archaic spellings include Cotingeham (Domesday, 1086), and Cotingham (Charter, 1156; also John Leland, 1770).^[4][5]

The pre-conquest owner of Cottingham was Gamel, the son of Osbert, in the reign of Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.^[6][7] After the conquest the land was in the possession of Hugh FitzBaldrick; at the time of the Domesday Book (1086) the manor included a mill, five fisheries, woodland and farm land.^[8] In 1089 the manor was given to Robert Front de Boeuf founder of the de Stuteville family line.^[6]

In 1201 a licence to fortify was obtained by William de Stuteville; the beginnings of Baynard Castle.^{[map 1]} The ownership of the manor passed to the de Wake family through de Stuteville's granddaughter Joan, who married Hugh de Wake.^[9] In 1327 further license to crenelate the castle was given to Thomas Wake.^[10] According to legend the manor house at the castle was destroyed by its owner, in 1541, on account of a proposed visit by Henry VIII; the owner, fearing the monarch's intentions towards his wife, sought to prevent the King's visit by ordering the arson of his own home.^[11] To the north-west of the village there was a deer park, first recorded in the 13th century. The park was located in the area now owned by Cottingham Parks Golf and Leisure Club. The deer park fell out of use and was let for pasture by the 16th century.^{[12][map 2]}

Thomas de Cottingham, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, was born in the village about 1300.

In 1319 Thomas de Wake received a charter allowing Cottingham to have two annual fairs and a weekly market,^[9] he also founded an Augustinian priory, licensed in 1320, and built by 1322. Due to potential disputes over the land it was built on the priory moved to Newton south of Cottingham in 1325, becoming known as Haltemprice Priory.^{[9][13][map 3]}

By 1352 the lordship of Cottingham had passed from the de Wake family through Thomas Wake's sister Margaret Wake, who married Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301–1330) to John, 3rd Earl of Kent (1330–1352). On John's death the manor passed to Margaret's daughter Joan of Kent.^[14]

Cottingham parish church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, was built between 1272 and 1370; it is a large cruciform stone built church in a mixture of the decorated and perpendicular gothic styles. The tower was built in the 15th century.^{[15][map 4]} Nicholas de Luda (d.1382), a capuchin friar, who built or re-built the chancel is commemorated by a brass in the church.^[16][17] The church was designated in 1967 by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.^[15]

After 1376 dikes were made to supply water to Kingston upon Hull with fresh water from a source between Cottingham and Anlaby; in 1392 some inhabitants of Cottingham and Anlaby rioted, and approximately 1,000 people laid siege to Kingston upon Hull, threatening to raze it to the ground. The siege was ultimately unsuccessful with some of the ringleaders hanged at York; their complaint was the extraction of water which they said had deprived them of water, as well the dike having damaged their fields. After 1402 the water supply of Hull was further improved, bringing more hostility from the surrounding area; the construction of the channel was sabotaged, and the builders attacked; later salt water was let into the Hull supply, and the water tainted with the carcasses of dead animals. Disputes over the matter continued until resort was made to the Pope (Alexander V) whose successor issued an admonitory letter (20 July 1413), urging them to desist for their own spiritual well being, after which the nuisance ceased.^[18]

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The modern civil parish of Cottingham has boundaries formed approximately by the A164 Beverley to Humber bridge bypass to the west, by Kingston upon Hull to the east, in particular the edges of Orchard Park estate and North Hull estate. The southern boundary is in fields between the village and Willerby and Hull. The southern half of the parish consists mostly of the town of Cottingham, as well as Castle Hill Hospital.^[95][96] The northern half of the parish is primarily agricultural, including glasshouse horticulture, but also includes the Hull University halls of residence ""The Lawns"", and a travellers ('gypsy') site, on Wood Hill Way.^[97] The only significant non-agricultural industry is the caravan manufacturing site in the north-east of the parish (as of 2012 'Swift Caravans'), with over 607,000 sq ft (56,400 m²) of buildings on a 87 acres (35 ha) site.^{[90][map 31]}

A golf course and leisure club on Wood Hill Way,^[98][99] and a major (400/275kV AC) electricity substation ""Creyke Beck"",^{[100][map 32]} lie just outside the formal boundaries of the parish, within Skidby civil parish.^[96]

Historically Cottingham was noted for its springs: ones to the north of the town formed a north to south riverlet through the town, that drove Snuff Mill; whilst a large and vigorous gypsey existed at Keldgate.^[27] Unsustainable levels of water extraction in the area since the 1930s are though to have reduced water table levels and to have caused the disappearance of springs in the area.^[101] There is water supply infrastructure at Keldgate (reservoir,^[74] potable water treatment.^{[94][note 5]}),^{[map 28]} and a potable water pumping stations: at Cottingham Pumping Station (68.2Ml d^-1 extraction limit 2004.^[102]);^{[note 3][map 27]} and at Keldgate Spring (15.9 Ml d^-1 extraction limit 2004.^{[102][map 33]}). As of 2004 the extraction from Cottingham and Keldgate bores, together with extraction at the nearby Springhead Pumping Station and Dunswell (45.5Ml d^-1 each.^[102]) supply nearly half Kingston upon Hull's water supply.^[103]

According to the 2011 UK census, Cottingham parish had a population of 17,164,^[1] a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 17,263.^[95] Apart from the two Traveller's sites (Woodhill Way and Eppleworth Road) and a small number of farms, there are no habitation centres in the parish outside the main village.^[96]

The eastern part of the parish is less than 16-foot (5 m) above sea level, it rises steadily to over 135-foot (41 m) above sea level on the western edge of the parish, which is at the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds hills.^[96]

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