West Newton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Hull city centre[1] and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Hornsea. In 1935, both the townships of Marton and West Newton were merged into the civil parish of Burton Constable.[2]
| West Newton | |
|---|---|
 Houses in West Newton | |
  West Newton Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA199377 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HULL |
| Postcode district | HU11 |
| Dialling code | 01964 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
History edit
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Newton like this:
NEWTON (West), a township, with a village, in Aldbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; miles N E of Hull. Acres, 778. Real property, £3, 218. Pop., 220. Houses, 30. An hospital was founded here, prior to 1179, by William Earl of Albemarle.[3]
Natural resources edit
The area around West Newton has been the site of test drilling for gas and oil. In 2014, people complained that noxious fumes were being emitted from a site near to the village and the smell was making them sick.[4] In June 2019, the company testing for gas announced that preliminary data from the borehole suggested that there was an accessible resource of 189,000,000,000 cubic metres (6.7×1012 cu ft) of gas, or 31 million barrels of oil from a borehole that extended over 6,562 feet (2,000 m).[5]
If the assessment is correct, it would be the biggest onshore gas and oilfield in the United Kingdom. Previously this was the Saltfleetby field in Lincolnshire discovered in 1973 with a capacity of 73,000,000,000 cubic metres (2.6×1012 cu ft) of gas.[6]
References edit
- ^ "293" (Map). Kingston upon Hull & Beverley. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244906.
- ^ "Middle division: Burton Constable | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "History of West Newton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Vidal, John (19 September 2014). "East Yorkshire gas-drilling site making locals 'sick from noxious smells'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Bradshaw, Julia (17 June 2019). "UK's 'biggest' onshore gas field discovered near Hull". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Wood, Alex (17 June 2019). "'Biggest gas and oil discovery in half a century' made in East Yorkshire". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.
External links edit
- West Newton in the Domesday Book
