Snaith

Snaith
St Laurence Priory Church, Snaith
Snaith  Snaith shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE642220
– London	160 mi (260 km)  SSE
Civil parish	Snaith and Cowick
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GOOLE
Postcode district	DN14
Dialling code	01405
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Brigg and Goole
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°41′28″N 1°01′42″W / 53.691223°N 1.028200°W / 53.691223; -1.028200

Snaith is a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Goole on the A1041 at its junction with the A645. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the M62 motorway, just south of the River Aire.

Snaith clog factory, now a plastics factory

The town of Snaith with the villages of East Cowick and West Cowick form the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick. The Snaith and Cowick civil parish had 3,579 inhabitants and 1,492 households in the 2011 UK census.^[1] This was an increase on 3,028 inhabitants and 1,228 households in the 2001 UK census.^[2] The town continues to grow in size, due to the expanding Ben Bailey housing estate.

Snaith is the focal point of the local rural area. It has primary and secondary schools. The town exit and entry to the M62 is approximately 5 miles (8 km) away, giving access to Hull, Doncaster, Goole, Leeds and Castleford. It is approximately 20.6 miles (33 km) from York. Selby is 7 miles (11 km) away, with Carlton and Camblesforth between.

Snaith was part of the Goole Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside until 1996.

Toponymy

The name "Snaith" derives from the Old Scandinavian word sneith, meaning "Piece of land cut off". Snaith was recorded in its modern-day form in c.1080, however in the Domesday Book of 1086, it was recorded as Esneid.

Parish Church

The priory church of St Lawrence is low and wide, with pinnacles. The core of the church is Norman and Cruciform, and the tower is Early English and stands at the west end. The chancel is Decorated 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]

Amenities

Snaith has a library, post office, dental practice, doctor’s surgery, pharmacy, opticians and petrol station. There is also a Co-operative store, and a variety of small retail, service and food outlets, including takeaways. The town has five public houses. It also has a notable small brewery, The Old Mill Brewery, established in 1983 in a mill building dating back to 1791.

Schools in the town include Snaith Primary School and The Snaith School (secondary).

Transport

Snaith railway station

Snaith railway station is situated on the line approximately halfway between Hull and Leeds. It is served by a railway station, with a limited service on the Pontefract Line from Leeds to Goole.

The town also has a regular bus service, and is central to the 400 and 401 Arriva bus services, which usually commute hourly between Selby and Goole.

Sport

Snaith has a football club, Snaith Juniors FC, that was formed in 1990 as Croda F.C. because the football pitch was in the grounds of Cowick Hall, then used by Croda International.^[5] Snaith Juniors FC now play at Ben Bailey housing estate and holds football tournaments at the end of May each year. The council proposed making a cricket pitch for a town cricket team, but no land was available. The Garth adjacent to the Methodist Chapel was given to the people of Snaith for recreation and leisure.

References

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