All you need to know about Swanland 7th Edition 2016 and a little bit more... Many roads lead into Swanland Swanland Signpost 2016 Welcome to the Signpost Welcome to the seventh edition of the Swanland Signpost, first published by the Swanland Village Association (SVA) in 1993. Each household in the village receives a free copy and it is included with a welcome pack to newcomers to the village. It is available at the Library and Heritage Centre. It is also available on-line on the Village Website www.swanland.info Jan Rogerson - Chairman Swanland Village Association [email protected] 1 Swanland Signpost 2016 Contents Welcome to the Signpost .................1 Neighbourhood Watch .................... 15 Contents .............................................2 Street Map ........................................ 16 Introduction ........................................3 Parish Council ................................. 18 Swanland History ..............................4 Pond Partnership ............................ 19 History Books .....................................6 Pond Area Volunteers ...................... 19 All About Swanland ...........................7 Playing Field .................................... 20 Village Organisations ........................8 Running ........................................... 21 Allotments ...........................................8 Scouts, Cubs & Beavers ................. 21 Bowling ...............................................8 SEAT ................................................ 22 Bridge .................................................9 Swanland Show .............................. 23 Churches ......................................... 10 Snooker ........................................... 23 Gardening ........................................ 12 Swanland Logo ............................... 23 Cinema ............................................ 12 Twinning .......................................... 24 Cricket .............................................. 12 Tennis .............................................. 24 Festivals .......................................... 12 U3A .................................................. 25 Guides & Brownies ......................... 13 Village Association (SVA) ................. 26 Heritage Centre ............................... 13 Village Hall ...................................... 27 Lunch Club ...................................... 14 Website............................................ 28 Library .............................................. 14 Walking ............................................ 28 Live Shows ...................................... 14 Women’s Institute (WI) .................... 29 Mothers Union ................................. 15 Youth Club ....................................... 29 Open Gardens ................................. 15 Local Information ........................... 30 The Signposts of Swanland ........... 32 We hope that you find this guidebook useful. Please send any comments or suggested amendments to [email protected] 2 Swanland Signpost 2016 Introduction This booklet has articles of local interest, information on our numerous village organisations, other local information, and a current street map. The Signpost provides a local reference guide for all residents and is especially useful for newcomers to the village who receive a copy with their welcome pack. Since the last edition in 2008 Information Technology has advanced enormously and the format of this guide has been changed to reflect that. It is primarily a GUIDE pointing to the numerous and diverse activities within the village by providing contact details and, wherever possible, an Internet link. This will ensure that information is more up to date than is possible with a printed publication. The following symbols are used... Phone number e-mail address Website or web page All Telephone numbers are Hull Code (01482) unless shown otherwise. It has been funded partly by our advertisers (many thanks to them) and the remainder by Swanland Village Association. My thanks to Pam Portal, Marion Escreet and Jean Latter for checking and proof reading the contents. Graham Latter Editor May 2016 The new Waters Edge Community Garden 3 Swanland Signpost 2016 Swanland History 1825...Hull-Ferriby Turnpike, running via Swanland, opened. 1069...Swein, Danish King, sailed into the Humber. He 1828...Primitive Methodist Chapel may have selected higher opened, behind village shop on Main land (Sweine’s Land) Street. Swanland for his camp. 1830 -1926...Todd family lived in 1187...Bulla sent from Pope Clement III Swanland Hall and became benefactors to Swanland. to village. 1210...Swanland mentioned as part of de 1831...Thomas Fillingham’s horse drawn Vescy’s ‘manor of Swanland cum omnibus, from Hull to Swanland, Ferriby’. established. 1332...William de Melton, Archbishop of 1840s...Mere house rebuilt in Tudor York, states that vicar of Ferriby should style. celebrate (Mass) three times a week at 1848...Swanland Manor chapel in Swanland. house built for James 1693...First Independent Chapel building, Watson between West with schoolrooms, opened by the pond. Leys and Kemp Roads. Bought by James Reckitt 1740...The Porter family purchased land in 1884 and demolished in 1935. in Swanland and built Swanland Hall. John Porter (1731 – 93) was Mayor of Pre 1855 ...Public House opened in Hull in 1770 and 1778. building now occupied by Staniford’s Estate Agent. 1777...Birth of Thomas Blossom who, in 1798, helped to establish the first Sunday 1854...Replacement schoolrooms built school in the Hull and District Union at alongside Chapel. Paid for by James the Independent Chapel. Blossom later Watson of Swanland Manor. became a missionary in Tahiti. 1850s...Westfield Model Farm built. 1803...Original chapel 1860s...Swanland House built on Main building replaced by Street for Andrew Duncan, seedcrusher. current one. Later owned by George Jackson- 1824...Enclosure Act to Bentham, managing director of Jacksons include Swanland passed and open field the Baker. system abolished. 4 Swanland Signpost 2016 1876...‘New’ school 1946...Post office moved to West End. building (behind the pond) The first one opened in Dale Road in the opened. Paid for by John mid 19th Century. Todd. 1947-1983...Clayton family occupied 1890s...Parish Council Swanland Hall and last occupant established. requested its demolition on her death. This request was refused by 1897...Public House closed. Building Environment Agency, the building being then used as shop and café. converted into flats and further housing 1899...Anglican Mission Hall built on built on estate. Main Street. Controlled by All Saints, 1963...James Reckitt Memorial Hall North Ferriby. officially became the school. The ‘old’ circa1900...Sir James Reckitt provided school was used for adult education in bowling green for village. 1970s and 80s. A new James Reckitt 1914...Sir James Reckitt had the Institute Hall was built behind the old school. built for the village. 1964...Mains Gas first supplied to village. 1922...First village hall 1980...Swan and Cygnet public house opened on Main Street. opened. 1926-1947...Barton 1981...Methodists joined congregation of family owned Swanland Christ Church for combined worship. Hall. Some of the estate along Tranby The Methodist Chapel, behind the shop, Lane was sold for house building, from decayed and was eventually removed. 1930s. 1987...Playing Field development on 1928...James Reckitt Memorial Hall West Leys Road commenced. (now part of the school) on Tranby Lane, 1992...St Barnabas new church building opened as the village hall. dedicated. Original mission hall 1929...Mains electricity supplied to demolished and Wingfield Court built on village. site. 1932...Water tower 1996...St Barnabas became parish on Mill Road built separate from All Saints, North Ferriby. by Hull 2004... Swanland wins Silver medal in Corporation. Water Britain in Bloom competition. was pumped from a well under Pump House (now doctor’s surgery) until 1990s. 5 Continued >> Swanland Signpost 2016 2005...New Village Hall (converted from 2014…Heritage Centre opens the old school building) opens. 2015…Post Office in West End closes. History Books More information on the History of Swanland can be found in the 3 History Books, published by the Swanland History Group: The l8th & l9th Centuries The School & The 20th Century (Both of these are out of print but can viewed at the Heritage Centre or on line as pdfs) Medieval to Stuart Periods & Churches This is obtainable at £7.50 per copy from the Heritage Centre www.swanland.info/historybooks.htm 6 Swanland Signpost 2016 All About Swanland Swanland is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The village is about 7 miles to the west of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 2 miles north of the Humber Estuary. It is an old hill village on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds standing at 90 metres above sea level at the top of Mill Road near the Water Tower (not surprisingly where the old windmill was located.) The village centre around the pond is some 10 metres lower. As far as is known, the village is the only community in the world called Swanland (although there is a Swan Land District in Western Australia). * The Village sits just to the west of the Prime Longitude Meridian. * The grid reference at the village centre pond is... * Latitude 53.738724 N * Longitude 0.49098909 W * It has nearly 1700 Houses with a population estimated at 4000 * Telephone Area code is