Lelley

Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Village in England

Elstronwick

Unitary authority

East Riding of Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

East Riding of Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHULLPostcode districtHU12Dialling code01482PoliceHumbersideFire Humberside AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Beverley and Holderness

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°46′31″N 0°09′59″W / 53.775395°N 0.166441°W / 53.775395; -0.166441

Lelley is a small village in the civil parish of Elstronwick,^[1] in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3 miles (5 km) north of Hedon.

Lelley was formerly a township in the parish of Preston,^[2] in 1866 Lelley became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Elstronwick.^[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 112.^[4]

Lelley comes from the word 'Lelle' which means 'clearing in the woods'.^[5]

The village contains a public house, two benches (one a war memorial and the other a millennium bench) and a telephone box.

Lelley Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the village in 1859.^[6]

In 1823 Lelly was in the parish of Preston and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population was 119, which included a carrier who operated between the village and Hull once a week.^[7]

The Lelley Windmill, a six-storey corn mill completed in 1790, is a Grade II* Listed Building.^[8]

Drug haul

In 2024, Lelley was the scene of a major drug haul. <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/05/four-arrested-after-40m-cocaine-haul-found-in-van-in-yorkshire-pub-car-park?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other>

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Elstronwick Parish (E04000388)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ "History of Lelley, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Lelley CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "Population statistics Lelley CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "Lelley :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ Kelly's Directory of Hull, 1899. Hull: Kelly's. 1899. p. 597. OCLC 1131686686.
^ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 363
^ Historic England. "Lelley Windmill, Elstonwick (1215991)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.