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Aldbrough is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north-east of Hull at the junction of the B1242 and B1238 roads. It lies near to the North Sea coast within the area of Holderness. ==Civil parish== The civil parish is formed by the village of Aldbrough and the hamlets of East Newton, Etherdwick and Tansterne. According to the 2011 UK Census, Aldbrough parish had a population of 1,269, a fall from the 2001 UK Census figure of 1,336.〔 〕 The parish covers an area of . A hamlet at Ringbrough (or ''Ringborough'') dates to at least the 11th century. By the 1850s it had been reduced to a single farm. It was substantially expanded as a military installation during the Second World War, with the installation of gun emplacements, lookouts, and underground bunkers. As of 2011 it is being destroyed by coastal erosion.〔Sources: * *(【引用サイトリンク】 Ringborough WWII Coast Artillery Battery ) *〕 In 1823 Aldbrough was a parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population, which included the townships of East and West Newton, numbered 998. Occupations included fourteen farmers, two blacksmiths, one of whom was a farrier, a joiner who was also an auctioneer, four wheelwrights, four grocers, five shoemakers, four tailors, two butchers, a hairdresser, a common brewer, and the landlords of The George and The Bricklayer's Arms public houses. Also within the village were the parish vicar and the curate, three yeomen, two schoolmasters, two surgeons, a bailiff, an excise officer, a gentleman and a gentlewoman. Five carriers operated between Aldbrough and Hull twice weekly. The settlement of Fosham was to the south-east, its population included in Aldbrough. Fosham contained two farmers, and a once a week carrier to Hull.〔Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', pp. 150, 207〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aldbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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