Warter

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Warter.jpg

| static_image_caption = The B1246 road through Warter

| coordinates = {{Coord|53.941027|-0.679672|type:city_region:GB-ERY|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Warter

| population = 144

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| civil_parish = Warter

| unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| constituency_westminster = Bridlington and The Wolds

| post_town = YORK

| postcode_district = YO42

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code = 01759

| os_grid_reference = SE867502

}}

Warter is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|4|mi|km}} east of Pocklington on the B1246 road and {{convert|18|mi|km}} from the city of York.

According to the 2011 UK census, Warter parish had a population of 144,{{NOMIS2011

| id = 1170211282

| title = Warter Parish

| accessdate = 27 February 2018}} a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 159.{{NOMIS2001

| id = 00FB153

| title = Warter Parish

| accessdate = 28 February 2020

}}

It is the location for Warter Priory, which was an Augustinian Priory dedicated to St James founded in 1132 by Geoffrey Fitz-Pain. The chronicler Stephen Eyton was a canon there. It was dissolved in 1536 by the dissolution under King Henry VIII. The site of this priory is now a scheduled monument to the north of St James' Church.{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36271&strquery=warter |chapter=Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Warter |editor1-first=William |editor1-last=Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1974 |title=A History of the County of York |volume=3 |accessdate=29 March 2011 |pages=235–238}}{{NHLE |num=1008185 |desc=Site of Warter Augustinian Priory |grade=Scheduled Monument |accessdate=16 October 2023}}

The dimensions of St James' Church, cloister, other buildings and the shape of their roofs were recorded along with details of the vestments and church plate. The church was 40 by 12 yards with a quire of 28 by 9 yards; the cloister 96 yards in circuit and 4 yards in breadth.{{cite report|year=1888|title=Historical Manuscripts Commission, 12th Report, Appendix, Part 4, Duke of Rutland|volume=1|pages=28–30}} The parish church of St James was designated a Grade II listed building in January 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.{{NHLE |num= 1346299|desc= Church of St James|accessdate= 22 March 2015}}

A coppice near the village was the inspiration for the landscape painting Bigger Trees Near Warter by David Hockney.{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=100047&searchid=11159&roomid=5999&tabview=text|title=Bigger Trees Near Warter Or/Ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photographique|publisher=Tate.org.uk|accessdate=17 November 2010|date=October 2009}}