Hilston
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Hilston is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.
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Hilston is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the North Sea coast in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.
The name Hilston derives from the Old Norse personal name Hidolf, or perhaps the Old English Hidwulf, and the Old English tūn meaning 'settlement'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hilston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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