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Kilham was
once an important Market Town and main centre of the Wolds, bigger
and more important than Driffield at one time. It held annual
trading fairs and had a large number of both businesses and
population. But as Driffield grew in importance and size due to
the use of the Driffield canal for moving goods, so Kilham
declined.
Kilham is still the heart of a number of businesses. It has a fish
and chip shop, a Post Office and Village shop, a butchers shop,
two public houses, The Bay Horse and Ye Olde Star, an antique shop
known as Old Ropery Antiques, which stands on the site that was
originally the old ropery shop also a quaint little shop called
The Craft Cupboard which sells a variety of arts and crafts.
At the North Eastern end of the Village can be found The Village
pond,Spring Terrace and R.D.Webster, an agricultural engineers and
machinery business. There are pretty rows of cottages built many
years ago which have been lovingly restored along with many new
large properties, Chantry Meadows and Garden Cottages are just two
of the new developments within the village.
At one time there were a total of six schools in the village! but
now there only remains one, Kilham C. of E. Primary school.
The All Saints Church stands on a rise in a commanding position
overlooking all that passes by. It is a Norman church with some
interesting carvings in the walls of its massive tower. The
doorway is adorned with exquisite chevron mouldings from the 17th
century.
It hosts an annual flower festival which attracts many people year
after year.
Outside of the Church can be found an old tethering ring in a
stone block which is a reminder of the cattle trade which once
took place in the village. There is also a cast iron water pump to
be found opposite All Saints, another reminder of days gone by.
The
Kilham Digital Noticeboard
Message
Recieved from : Russell
Harland
Subject : Homecoming Princess
Announcing the return of the
belle of Kilham, Rebecca Louise Johnson, after 3 years at
university.
The busty blonde bombshell can be seen in Driffied on 25 July
celebrating her 21st birthday, painting the town red in true
Driffield style. She may be a little worse for wear so please
catch here if she falls! She requests in advance that any men turn
away in the probable event that she drunkenly reveals her breasts
Post
Message 
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Kilham
Village
ÓMSH
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The
Kilham Village Pictures will appear here by Mid- June
ÓMSH
2000
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