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The Church of St Helen, Kilnsea, Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a redundant parish church dating from 1864–5. It was designed by the architect William Burges, and partly paid for by his father Alfred Burges, and is a Grade II listed building.
Kilnsea is a village in the civil parish of Easington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of the village of Easington, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary. In 1931 the parish had a population of 185. [1]
The civil parish is formed by the village of Easington and the hamlets of Kilnsea, Out Newton and Spurn Head. Bull Sand Fort is administered as part of the parish. [2] According to the 2011 UK Census, Easington parish had a population of 691, [1] a small decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 698. [3]
Parish County or unitary authority Area (hectares) Stanhope: Durham: 25,557 ... Parish councils in England; List of the most populous civil parishes in England;
A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government. [1] Parish councils are elected corporate bodies, with variable tax raising powers, and they carry out beneficial public activities in geographical areas known as civil parishes. There are about 10,480 parish and town councils in England. [2]
The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. [9] The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 introduced alternative names: a parish council can now choose to be called a community; village; or neighbourhood council. [11]
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is a membership organisation representing the interests of local (parish and town) councils in England. [1] NALC works in partnership with county associations and the Society of Local Council Clerks to support, promote and improve local councils.
Parish councils could take on powers under various statutes relating to bath houses, street lighting, burials or libraries. Parish councils were to have power to buy or receive the gift of land or property to provide any of these services. The second part of the bill dealt with poor law guardians and district councils. Among its provisions were ...