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Also known as Wressle, East Riding of Yorkshire, Wressell

Wressle (with spelling variations of Wressell, and Wressel, in Leland's Itinerary as Wreshil, in the Domesday Book as Weresa) is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, lying on the eastern bank of the River Derwent approximately north-west of Howden.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Population
271
Image
Wressle, Main Road.jpg
Dialing code
01757
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postal code
YO8
historic county
Yorkshire
Commons category
Wressle
OS grid reference
SE709315
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Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Wressle Castle
  • Wressle village
  • Loftsome
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
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Wressle (with spelling variations of Wressell, and Wressel, in Leland's Itinerary as Wreshil, in the Domesday Book as Weresa) is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, lying on the eastern bank of the River Derwent approximately north-west of Howden.

Wressle village has a late 18th-century church, St John, and on the western fringe of the village is the Grade I listed structure and scheduled monument, the ruins of Wressle Castle. Wressle railway station is located within the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wressle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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