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Holmpton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately south of Withernsea town centre and 3 miles east of the village of Patrington. It lies just inland from the North Sea coast. According to the 2011 UK Census, Holmpton parish had a population of 228, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 193.〔 〕 The parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building.〔 〕 The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the parish. In 1823 Holmpton was a parish in the Wapentake of Holderness. The patronage of the parish church was under the King. Population at the time was 256. Occupations included eight farmers, two wheelwrights, a blacksmith, two tailors, a milliner, a shoemaker, a shopkeeper, and the landlord of The Board public house. There was also a schoolmaster, a curate, and a gentleman. A carrier operated between the village and Hull twice weekly.〔Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 219〕 ==RAF Holmpton== The village is home to RAF Holmpton, built originally as an early warning radar station, and now refurbished to act as museum and archive. Royal Air Force Holmpton is still a part of the RAF and the Defence Estate (2009). It currently hosts a Public Exhibition 〔()〕 and is also home to the Defence Archives Unit. RAF Holmpton is managed by HIPPO an Independent Finance Initiative. The site runs to about and comprises a number of surface structures along with a secure command bunker which is about below ground. The bunker was first built in 1951–3 and started life as an early Warning Station (part of the ROTOR programme). In the late 1960s it became a Master Comprehensive Radar Station which eventually closed in 1974. The used for training the site was converted in the 1980s to form the new War HQ for RAF Support Command. With the ending of the Cold War this function ceased in 1991 and the site returned to training until the 1990s when it was rebuilt to become the 1st experimental HQ of the new CCIS Electronic Warfare System. This function left the site in 2000–01. In 2003 Defence Archives moved to the site and in 2004 the first public exhibition opened. The exhibition opens throughout the year to visitors and 75% of the bunker is included in the visit, apart from AREA 7 which remains classified.〔Information provided by HIPPO at RAF Holmpton 2009.〕 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「Holmpton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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