# Hilston

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**Hilston** is a village in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Roos](/source/Roos), in the [East Riding of Yorkshire](/source/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire), England, near the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea) coast in an area known as [Holderness](/source/Holderness). It is situated approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of [Kingston upon Hull](/source/Kingston_upon_Hull) city centre and 5 miles (8 km) north-west of [Withernsea](/source/Withernsea). It lies to the east of the [B1242 road](/source/B1242_road). In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.[1]

The name Hilston derives from the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) personal name *Hidolf*, or perhaps the [Old English](/source/Old_English) *Hidwulf*, and the Old English *tūn* meaning 'settlement'.[2]

## Governance

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Roos,[3] Hilston is now represented locally by Roos Parish Council[4] while at county level is in the South East Holderness [ward](/source/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom) of the [East Riding of Yorkshire Council](/source/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council).[5] At a parliamentary level it is part of the [Beverley and Holderness](/source/Beverley_and_Holderness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) constituency which is represented by [Graham Stuart](/source/Graham_Stuart_(politician)) of the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)).

## Landmarks

An octagonal tower, known as Admiral Storr's Tower, that was built in 1750 as a folly for [John Storr](/source/John_Storr) and is designated a Grade II [listed building](/source/Listed_building) and recorded in the [National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England), maintained by [Historic England](/source/Historic_England).[6]

The [Anglican](/source/Anglican) church is dedicated to St Margaret[7] and was built 1956–57 to designs by [Francis Johnson](/source/Francis_Johnson_(architect)) to replace the church destroyed by a Second World War bomb in August 1941.[8]

## References

1. ["Population statistics Hilston AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10433058/cube/TOT_POP). [A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time). Retrieved 24 November 2023.

1. ["Key to English Place-names"](http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire+ER/Hilston). *kepn.nottingham.ac.uk*. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

1. ["Relationships and changes Hilston AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10433058). A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

1. ["Parish Description"](http://www.roosparish.info/parish-information.aspx). Roos Parish Council. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

1. *Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets*. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.

1. ["Hilston: St Margaret, Hilston"](http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hilston-st-margaret/). *A Church Near You*. Church of England. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

1. Pevsner, N. & Neave, D. (1995). *Yorkshire: York and the East Riding*. Buildings of England. Yale University Press. p. [472](https://books.google.com/books?id=bcp5soQZ0OwC&pg=PA472). ISBN 9780300095937.

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