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Weighton, Market, Yorkshire

Market Weighton is a small town in Yorkshire, in the East Riding. Notable architecture includes: All Saints Church, parts of which are Norman, the Londesborough Arms (an 18th-century coaching inn), a Wesleyan chapel, a Methodist chapel and a high street with many 19th-century buildings. Each May the town celebrates Giant Community Day, a festival in a celebration of William Bradley, the tallest ever Briton. The town is within the council area of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division: East Riding
Lat, Long: 53.864972,-0.668266
Grid Reference: SE876417
Police Area: Humberside
Council Area: East Riding of Yorkshire
Civil Parish: Market Weighton CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 29453
Entry Type: Main Name,Prefix listing (K)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Weighton,_Market,_Yorkshire_29453

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