Kilpin


Kilpin is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of Howden and south-east from the county town of York.
The civil parish is formed by the villages of Kilpin and Kilpin Pike and the hamlets of Balkholme, Belby, Howdendyke and Skelton. Kilpin lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Goole and Pocklington. According to the 2011 UK census, Kilpin parish had a population of 339, a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 357.
In 1823 Kilpin was in the parish of Howden and the Wapentake and Liberty of Howdenshire. Population at the time was 318, and included four farmers and a yeoman.
The name Kilpin derives from the Old English celfpenn meaning 'calf pen'.