The Village of a Thousand Springs | KILHAM, ENGLAND.

Join me as we walk through this once thriving little village in the Yorkshire Wolds, England.
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Kilham, known as the Village of a Thousand Springs was once the ' capital' of the Wolds.

The village lies on the line of a Roman road from York to Bridlington, now followed by the minor road known as Woldgate. To the south of Kilham there is evidence of a Romano-British settlement from the 4th century. The settlement is mentioned as Chillun in the Domesday Book, though without a population.

Kilham, variously spelled in the past as Chillon, Chillun, Killom or Killum, is most probably derived from the Old Norse word Kyll meaning a stream or spring.

The village pond is the head of Lowthorpe Beck which eventually joins the River Hull.

Orchard House which features on the thumbnail for this video was once one of several village shops until it closed in the 1950s. It was owned by Mrs Honeysett and her daughter who was a dressmaker.

Hall Farm on East Street was built in 1716 and despite its grand façade is only one room deep. It was owned by the wealthy Thompson family in 1729.

Kilham, which lies in a narrow valley on the southern edge of the wolds, was once an important market town in the Yorkshire Wolds, which held annual trading fairs and had a large number of businesses and a considerable population. The village developed as an important medieval market town and became the administrative centre for the surrounding Wolds villages from the 14th century.

The town declined in size and status following the building of the canal called the Driffield Navigation in 1772, which took trade away from Kilham to nearby Driffield, however, the village was already floundering in terms of trade long before then.

Kilham's Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints and dates back to Norman times in the 12th Century. The church holds an annual flower festival. Outside the church is a grade II listed tethering ring in a stone block – evidence of the cattle trade and bull-baiting which once took place in the village. There is also a cast-iron water pump opposite the church and a unique weather vane in the shape of a turkey atop the church.

St Paul's Methodist Church on Middle Street was built in 1907 as a replacement for the earlier version built in 1815.

Filmed on 03.06.2024

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