Elloughton
village in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Elloughton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 12 miles (19 km) to the west of Hull to the south of the A63 road. It lies on the southern end of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is conjoined with Brough that lies to the south-east, with which it forms the civil parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough.
Elloughton lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Goole and Pocklington.
The name Elloughton possibly derives from the Old Norse elgr meaning 'heathen temple', or the personal name Helgi, and the Old English dūn meaning 'hill'.
Elloughton Primary School is an integral part of the village.
St Mary's Church, Elloughton was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1968 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
In 1823, Elloughton was in the Wapentake of Harthill, a part of the Liberty of St Peter's. The patron of the Church of St Mary was the York Minster prebendary of Wetwang.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Elloughton” as village in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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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 Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5366126. The Library of Congress control number is no2019131242. Authority coordinates are 53.740, -0.572. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1968 and 1823.
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