| Ousefleet | |
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  Ousefleet Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE828231 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Goole |
| Postcode district | DN14 |
| Dialling code | 01405 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Ousefleet is a small hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twin Rivers, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Goole. It is located just south of the River Ouse and north of the A161 road between Goole and Scunthorpe. In 1961 the parish had a population of 167.[1]
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NARRATOR: Today there are far fewer wildfowl than there were in Payne-Gallwey's day. and many are rightly protected by law. The great days of puntgunning are gone when professional wildfowlers filled the shops with wildfowl from the marshes rather than the farmer breeding them. "In 1881 the public shooting quarters", noted Lewis Clements, "recorded that in a five-month period, a professional Essex folwer, George Gardner shot... GARDNER: Fifty-one Brent geese, eighty-two wigeon, four goldeneyes, seven godwits, eighty redshanks, one hundred and fifty-nine knotts, six hunderd and forty-two dunlins, one Richardson's skua, one jackdaw, three turnstones, one heron, one rook, four inverells, seven grey plovers, seven ringed plovers, six ... (BANG!!!)
Overview
Ousefleet was formerly a township in the parish of Whitgift,[2] from 1866 Ousefleet was a civil parish in its own right,[3] on 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form Twin Rivers.[4]
Ousefleet was part of the Goole Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside until 1996.
Ousefleet is listed by Ordnance Survey as being near to the grid square (on 1:50000 and 1:25000 maps) that has the least detail (a pylon line).[5][6]
Ousefleet has a village hall that was a former school of Victorian origin with some extensions added during the 20th century. The Hall Management Committee are raising funds to carry out improvements.
Ousefleet holds a village show, generally in August. The show was revived in 1965.
References
- ^ "Population statistics Ousefleet Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "History of Ousefleet, in East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Ousefleet Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Goole Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Map Zone". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
- ^ "One pylon marks the spot". BBC News Online. BBC. 15 October 2001. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 9.
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