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Skidby is a small village and civil parish in Yorkshire Wolds of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of Hull city centre and south of Beverley. The civil parish contains mainly agricultural land, both in the hills of the wolds as well as low lying land; also in the civil parish are the hamlets of Eppleworth and Raywell. The village is the site of Skidby Windmill, a Grade II * listed building. ==Geography== The modern civil parish includes the village of Skidby and the hamlet of Eppleworth,〔, Eppleworth〕 and Raywell.〔, Raywell House〕 Most of the parish lies west-south-west of the village in the Yorkshire Wolds, rising from approximately 50m above sea level at Skidby to approximately 100m on the western fringes. The A164 road forms part of the south-eastern boundary of the parish, on the edge of the Wolds.〔 Part of the parish is to the east of the village and A164 beyond the Wolds, and north of Cottingham, extending as far as the Hull to Bridlington railway line at its easternmost extent, the land height drops to the east reaching a low of less than 10m near the railway line.〔Ordnance survey. 1:25000. 2006〕 The part of the parish east of the A164 includes a gold course 'Skidby Lakes Golf course' and associated leisure club,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Cottingham Parks, golf and leisure club, East Yorkshire, UK )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = www.skidbylakes.co.uk )〕〔, Skidby Lakes golf club〕 as well as a major (400/275 kV AC) electricity substation "Creyke Beck",〔, Creyke Beck electricity substation〕〔Creyke Beck is usually associated by address with Cottingham, not Skidby, being much closer and being accessible via Cottingham not Skidby〕 The remainder of the low lying area is agricultural. The majority of the parish area is west of the A164, within the wolds: Hessle Golf Club is north of the Eppleworth to Raywell road (Westfield road),〔 There is a traveller's site at a former chalk quarry near Eppleworth;〔Sources: *(【引用サイトリンク】 Gypsy and traveller sites ) *〕〔, Traveller site, former Chalk pit, Westfield Road.〕 and a waste composting facility near the former Albion Mill on the route of the former Hull and Barnsley line,〔Sources: *(【引用サイトリンク】 Composting ) *〕〔, Waste management site (composting)〕 expanded to include an in-vessel composting facility in 2015, used to process organic waste from East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council. The remainder of the area is in agricultural use. According to the 2011 UK census, Skidby parish had a population of 1,284, a fall from the 2001 UK census figure of 1,369.〔 〕 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「Skidby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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