Garrowby

Garrowby
Garrowby  Garrowby shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE793573
– London	175 mi (282 km)  S
Civil parish	Kirby Underdale
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO41
Dialling code	01759
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°00′21″N 0°47′25″W / 54.005900°N 0.790182°W

Garrowby Hill

Garrowby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) north of Pocklington town centre. It lies to the north of the A166 road^[1] and forms part of the civil parish of Kirby Underdale.

Garrowby Hill is the summit of Bishop Wilton Wold which is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is the subject of a 1998 painting by David Hockney.^[2]

Garrowby Hall is a country house which stands in a 13,500 acre estate and is home to the Earl and Countess of Halifax. The Wood family (the Earls of Halifax) have lived there for some 200 years. It was remodelled in 1980 by Francis Johnson.

References

1. "Garrowby Hill - OS Explore". explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
2. "Garrowby Hill". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

• Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.

External links

• Media related to Garrowby at Wikimedia Commons
• Garrowby in the Domesday Book