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Town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Human settlement in England
Snaith is a market town in the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Snaith is administered by the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority and, since the 2024 general election, forms part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency.
It stands close to the River Aire and the M62 and M18 motorways, 7 miles (11Â km) west of Goole, 10 miles (16Â km) east of Knottingley, 8 miles (13Â km) south of Selby, 10 miles (16Â km) southwest of Howden and 8 miles (13Â km) northwest of Thorne.
History
The name “Snaith” derives from the Old Scandinavian word sneið, meaning “piece of land cut off”.[1] The name was recorded in its modern-day form in c. 1080, but in the Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as Esneid.[2]
The priory church of St Lawrence is low and wide, with pinnacles. Its core is Norman and cruciform, but the tower, standing at the west end, is Early English. The chancel is Decorated Gothic and the nave has Perpendicular arcades and a high clerestory. Glass in the chancel window is by Francis Spear and there is a notable monument to Viscount Downe by Francis Chantrey.[3] The church was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[4]
During the Second World War a bomber airfield, RAF Snaith, was established nearby at Pollington, which operated from 1941 to 1946.[5]
Sport
Snaith Juniors Football Club formed in 1990 as Croda F.C. on the grounds of Cowick Hall, then used by Croda International.[6] Snaith Juniors F.C. now play at Ben Bailey housing estate and hold football tournaments at the end of May each year.[citation needed] The Garth, adjacent to the Methodist Chapel, was given to the people of Snaith for recreation and leisure. The town has an active cycling presence, the Marshes Cycling Club (MCC).
Television signals are received from either the Emley Moor or Belmont TV transmitters.[7][8] Local radio stations are BBC Radio Humberside, Nation Radio East Yorkshire, Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, Capital Yorkshire and Phoenix Community Radio, a community based station which broadcast from Goole.[9] The town is served by local newspaper, The Goole Times.
Town centre
Snaith town centre has a variety of amenities and many pubs and restaurants, takeaway and retail shops. The priory church is located on the western side of town and Snaith Hall is directly south of the town. The town also has Methodist church on Cowick Road, a doctor’s surgery on Butt Lane, and a fire station on Market Place.[10]
Transport
Snaith railway station has limited daily services to Leeds and Goole. It has no services on Sundays. The town had stations at Snaith and Pollington on the Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway and in the nearby village of Carlton, Carlton Towers on the Hull and Barnsley Railway. The town is also served by bus services to Selby and Goole.[11]
References
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.
