Bridlington

Bridlington is a town in the English unitary authority East Riding of Yorkshire. It is located in the northeast of the district on the North Sea coast. According to the census of 2001 had a total of 33 837 Bridlington residents.

  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Media
  • 5.3 Formation 5.3.1 Primary Schools
  • 5.3.2 Secondary Schools
  • 5.3.3 universities
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Bridlington is located with a small harbor on the North Sea coast, a seaside resort, directly south of the promontory of Flamborough Head.

Geologically, Bridlington part of the Holderness Coast, which has one of the highest erosion rates in Europe. North of Bridlington coastline rises to a steep cliff up and is in the south flat and slightly wavy. There are dikes and lined with wooden groynes wide beaches.

The urban area of ​​Bridlington includes the core city and the neighborhoods Bessingby and Sewerby. The core city is divided into two parts:

  • The Altstadt (Old Town), once called Burlington, located one kilometer from the sea. Here is the historic market square and the Cathedral Church of St Mary.
  • Bridlington Quay consists of the tourist district and the port area. The harbor is surrounded by two stone piers. After lengthy planning a Ferris wheel was built at sea recently, which is modeled after the London Eye in London.

Bridlington is the seat of one of twelve manned in the British Isles weather stations to measure and predict the Seewetters.

History

The origins of the settlement around Bridlington are unknown, but they are already suspected in antiquity. The nearby Dane's Dyke is a four- kilometer-long, originating from the Bronze Age artificial dike. It is thought that there was already a place of greater importance during the time of Roman occupation. It traces of a Roman road, and Roman coins have been discovered in the city.

The first documentary mention of the city was in the Domesday Book. " Bretlinton " was originally the seat of a district ruled by a count Huntow name, but was taken by William the Conqueror later. During the time when the campaign of the Normans ( called The harrying of the North) was carried out, land prices fell by 32 pounds at the time of Edward the Confessor thereafter up to only 8 shillings.

The country was the nephew of the king, Gilbert de Gant passed in 1027. His eldest son, Walter de Gant founded a monastery in 1133, which was inaugurated by Henry I.. Various subsequent kings expanded the rights of the monastery over time. King Stephen certified him the right to possession of a harbor; John Lackland 1200 allowed the operation of a weekly market and an annual fair, and Henry VI. allowed the operation of three exhibitions on the Nativity of Mary, and sat 1446 John of Bridlington, as prior of the convent from. In 1415, Henry V. visited the monastery to thank for his victory at the Battle of Agincourt. During this time, the settlement grew up around the monastery rapidly.

After the dissolution of the English monasteries gave Charles I the monastery owned Sir John Ramsey, who had recently introduced the office of the Earl of Holderness. In May 1636 the so-called Ramsey sold the Manor of Bridlington documented in 13 of its inhabitants and raised them to a graf -like status.

1643 was Henrietta Maria of France at Bridlington on land to support the royalists in the English Civil War to later settle in York.

In the early days of the city grew a small fishing port, later known as Bridlington Quay. After the discovery of iron-containing sources, the Waterfront developed into a beach. The first hotel in the city was opened in 1805 and was attended mainly of industrial workers from the West Riding of Yorkshire. The station was opened between the old town and the harbor area on 6 October 1846. The location of the station made ​​soon for a structural merger of the two districts. With the growing popularity of foreign destinations also decreased the number of visitors Bridlingtons. In its heyday, was the beach one of the UK's leading destinations with a nationally known dance hall and many entertainers occurring in the city.

Policy

Bridlington is located since 1997 in the constituency of East Yorkshire, is its representative in the British Parliament Greg Knight of the Conservatives. From 1950 to 1997 there was a constituency Bridlington, who himself also comprised a significant portion of the surrounding area outside the city. Among the deputies of the past belonged among others Richard Wood, the son of former British Foreign Minister Edward Wood. Prior to 1950, Bridlington belonged to the constituency Buck rose.

Bridlington was raised in 1899 to a Municipal Borough. In 1974, the Borough was incorporated into the newly formed county of Humberside, which, however, due to the spin-off from Yorkshire led to great discontent among the population. Bridlington became the administrative seat of the district of North Wolds; later, the loyalists put the name East Yorkshire by. The district disappeared in the 1990s, and the county Humberside was dissolved. North of the Humber occurred in 1996 in its place the new unitary authority East Riding of Yorkshire, Beverley was its capital. Since then, Bridlington has no city council overriding administrative function more. Was Bridlington formerly a stronghold of the Labour Party, were able to enforce the Conservatives last forever more.

Twinning

The town is twinned with

Culture and sights

  • Priory Church
  • Sewerby Hall
  • Bempton Cliffs

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The city is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line, a railway line that extends from Kingston upon Hull to Scarborough to north. On it currently trains of Northern Rail. The main train station was on October 6, 1846 originally as the end point of the line from Kingston upon Hull in operation, the northern section to Scarborough was opened a year later.

Bridlington is the starting point of the A614 to Nottingham. In addition, the A165 runs near the coast of Scarborough via Bridlington to Kingston upon Hull. Connection to the motorway network is 60 km southwest Howden.

Media

The daily Bridlingtons is the Bridlington Free Press. The radio station Yorkshire Coast Radio broadcasts from Bridlington.

Education

Primary schools

  • Bay Primary School
  • Burlington Infant School
  • Burlington Junior School
  • Hilderthorpe Infants School
  • Hilderthorpe Junior School
  • Martongate Primary School
  • New Pasture Lane Primary School
  • Quay Primary School
  • St Mary's RC Primary School

Secondary Schools

  • Bridlington School
  • Headlands School and Community Science College

Universities

  • East Riding College

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Richard Cresswell ( born 1977 ), football player
  • Andrew Dismore (born 1954 ), politician
  • Angela Eagle ( born 1961 ), politician
  • John of Bridlington (1320-1379), Prior and Holy
  • Mark Herman (born 1954 ), film director
  • William Kent (1685-1748), a leading architect, garden designer and interior architect of the 18th century
  • Adam Khan ( born 1985 ), race car driver
  • Chris Pyne (1939-1995), jazz musician
  • Mick Pyne (1940-1995), jazz musician
  • Craig Short ( born 1968 ), former football player and now manager
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