Winestead

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.701628|-0.033303|display=inline,title}}

| label_position =

| official_name = Winestead

| static_image = St. Germain's Church, Winestead - geograph.org.uk - 190330.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Germain's Church, Winestead

| population =

| civil_parish = Patrington

| 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 = TA299245

| london_distance_mi = 155

| london_direction = S

}}

Winestead is a village in the civil parish of Patrington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} south-east of Hedon and {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|abbr=off|round=0.5}} north-west of Patrington. It is situated to the north of the A1033 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 153.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10474425/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Winestead AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 November 2023}} On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Patrington.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10474425|title=Relationships and changes Winestead AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 November 2023}}

It is also the ancient seat of the Hildyard/Hilliard/Hildegardis family, whose ancestry is believed to be of Saxon origin. The Hildyard family of Winestead became extinct on the death of Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, Bart., who died without heirs in 1814. Hildyard bequeathed his estates to his niece, Ann Catherine Whyte, who married in the following year Thomas Blackborne Thoroton, Esq., of Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottingham. Col. Thoroton of the Coldstream Guards subsequently assumed the name and coat-of-arms of Hildyard.{{cite web|quote=Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard and his wife, the former Catherine Whyte, continued to reside part-time in Winestead after her move to Nottinghamshire|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/ERY/ERYSeats40.html|title=The Seats of Nobility, Gentry and Clergy in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1840|work=White's Directory|year=1840|accessdate=2 November 2008}} His heirs, who still have the surname Hildyard, reside at Flintham Hall today.{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Winestead/Winestead92.html|title=GENUKI: Winestead Parish information from Bulmers' 1892.|work=genuki.org.uk}} The Hildyard family lived at Winestead for 10 generations, and even after the death of the last Baronet, the heirs continued to own Winestead Hall.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2AJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA20&dq=thomas+blackborne+thoroton&lr=|title=Transactions|volume=7|author=East Riding Antiquarian Society

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In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 129. Occupations included six farmers.{{cite book|last=Baines|first= Edward|title=History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York|year=1823|pages=400, 401|isbn= 1230139141}}

File:The Old Post Office, Winestead.jpg

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The church of St Germain was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.{{NHLE|num=1161091|desc=Church of St Germain|accessdate=11 August 2013}}

The White Hall was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.{{NHLE|num=1310373|desc=The White Hall|accessdate=16 August 2013}}

Winestead was served from 1854 to 1964 by Winestead railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway.{{Butt-Stations}}