Roos
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name = Roos - geograph.org.uk - 71897.jpg
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| static_image_caption = Roos village, Main Street (B1242)
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| country = England
| type = Village and civil parish
| coordinates = {{coord|53.753578|-0.043694|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = bottom
| official_name = Roos
| population = 1,168
| population_ref = (2011 census)
| civil_parish = Roos
| unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
| constituency_westminster = Beverley and Holderness
| post_town = HULL
| postcode_district = HU12
| postcode_area = HU
| dial_code = 01964
| os_grid_reference = TA290303
| london_distance_mi = 155
| london_direction = S
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Roos is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated {{Convert|12|mi|km}} east from Kingston upon Hull city centre and {{Convert|3.5|mi|km|0}} north-west from Withernsea, and on the B1242 road.
History
The de Ros family originated from the village of Roos.{{cite web |last=GENUKI |title=Genuki: ROOS: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Roos/Roos92 |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=www.genuki.org.uk }} Robert de Ros (died 1227) was one of the twenty-five barons appointed under clause 61 of the 1215 Magna Carta agreement to monitor its observance by King John of England.{{cite web |last=Saul |first=Nigel |date=24 June 2013 |title=Robert de Ros |url=https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/robert-de-ros/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Magna Carta Trust 800th Anniversary {{!}} Celebrating 800 years of democracy}}
Geography
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The civil parish is formed by the villages of Roos, Hilston and Tunstall, together with the hamlet of Owstwick.Ordnance Survey, 1:25000, 2007 According to the 2011 UK census, Roos parish had a population of 1,168,{{NOMIS2011
| id = 1170211247
| title = Roos Parish
| accessdate = 24 February 2018}} an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,113.{{NOMIS2001
| id = 1543504290
| title = Roos Parish
| accessdate = 18 February 2019
}}
The parish covers an area of {{convert|2333.222|ha|acre}}.{{cite web
|url = http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/corp-docs/researchgroup/parishprofiles/ROOS.pdf
|title = 2001 Census Area Profile
|year = 2004
|publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council
|accessdate = 14 April 2013
|format = PDF
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130414181555/http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/corp-docs/researchgroup/parishprofiles/ROOS.pdf
|archivedate = 14 April 2013
|url-status = dead
}}
The Prime Meridian crosses the coast to the east of Roos.
The parish church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1216255|desc= Church of All Saints, Roos|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}
Governance
Roos is represented locally by Roos Parish Council{{cite web|url = http://www.roosparish.info/parish-information.aspx |title= Parish Description |publisher=Roos Parish Council |accessdate=27 March 2014}} while at county level is in the South East Holderness ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.{{cite book|title=Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=9}} At a parliamentary level it is part of the Beverley and Holderness constituency which is represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.
In popular culture
The meeting of Beren and Luthien in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, was written after the author and his wife visited a wood near to Roos. The "hemlocks"{{cite book |last=Garth |first=John |author-link=John Garth (author) |title=Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth |title-link=Tolkien and the Great War |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-00711-953-0 |pages=238–239 |quote=The flowers, Anthriscus sylvestris, are what books might call cow parsley ... among many other names; but Tolkien referred to all such white-flowered umbellifers (and not just the highly poisonous Conium maculatum) by the usual rural name of hemlock. [In a footnote, Garth adds that Christopher Tolkien noted that his father objected to the habit of limiting vernacular names to "this or that species" as the "pedantry of popularizing botanists".]}} in the wood are said to have inspired his verse.{{cite news|last1=Hicks|first1=Martin|title=JRR Tolkien and his overlooked connections with Leeds|url=https://www.theguardian.com/leeds/2010/sep/10/jrr-tolkien-lord-of-the-rings-leeds|accessdate=23 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=10 September 2010}}
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Roos}}
- {{NHLE |num=1216255 |desc=All Saints' Church}}
- {{OpenDomesday|OS=TA2933|name=roos|display=Roos}}
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