Adlingfleet
village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Adlingfleet is a drained, fertile, former marshland village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twin Rivers, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east-southeast of Goole town centre. Its sea wall along the far north-east is set back from the Ouse estuary leaving the largest single reedbed in England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 137.
Adlingfleet is an ancient parish within the Wapentake of Osgoldcross in the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding.
Geography
Adlingfleet is on a minor road set back from the final, southern bank of the Ouse estuary. From Goole the road passes Swinefleet, Reedness, Whitgift and Ousefleet before turning to the south by Blacktoft Sands RSPB reserve to reach the village. The road continues southwards, to Fockerby and Garthorpe, all in similar multiple-drains fields.
The boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire comes to a point 820 feet (250 m) south of the village centre. It weaves such as along the eastern edge of the housing, then runs east to reach the Trent estuary.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Adlingfleet” is village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Adlingfleet, village and East, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4683317. Authority coordinates are 53.680, -0.724. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Adlingfleet” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.