Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire

Willerby is a village and civil parish located on the western outskirts of the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Willerby was a minor settlement up to the 20th century, during which it became a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, and its urban development extended south-eastwards towards Hull. The village centre is located about 5mi west of Kingston upon Hull city centre and lies outside the city boundary.HistoryUp to the 20th century Willerby was a small village.Enclosure of land around Willerby was enabled by acts of parliament in 1796 and 1824. In 1844 the population of the 820acre township of Willerby was 214 persons, in 45 houses. By the 1850s Willerby had a primitive methodist chapel (built 1850), a Hall, Oak Hill House, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, now known as Willerby Hall, and another large dwelling, the Summer House, later known as The Beeches dating to the 18th century, and extended in the 1820s and 1850s. as well as smaller dwellings along Main Street, the village's original main road. A mental asylum, Hull Borough Lunatic Asylum, later known as De La Pole hospital, and an associated chapel, was constructed beyond the village to the north in the 1880s. Willerby and Kirk Ella railway station opened in 1885 as part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway which passed the main village close by on the southern edge.By 1890 two further substantial houses had been built; Manor House (later Willerby Manor), and the Grange, north of the village. A new Methodist chapel and schoolroom were constructed in 1897/1900.