Uncleby
Uncleby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Kirby Underdale. It is situated approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Pocklington.
| Uncleby | |
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 Uncleby Wold, east of Uncleby | |
  Uncleby Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE812591 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO41 |
| Dialling code | 01759 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
History
Uncleby is the site of an Anglian cemetery. 76 inhumation burials were excavated by Canon William Greenwell in 1868. These graves date from the 7th and 8th centuries AD. The objects from these excavations are held in the Yorkshire Museum and the British Museum.[1]
References
- Abigail Hansen (2017). The Revival of Uncleby: An antiquarian excavation of an Anglian Cemetery (PDF) (Thesis). University of York. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uncleby.
- Uncleby in the Domesday Book
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