Catwick
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Catwick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north east of Beverley
Beverley
Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

 town centre and 5 miles (8 km) west of Hornsea
Hornsea
Hornsea is a small seaside resort, town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail.-Overview:According to the 2001 UK Census, Hornsea parish had a population of 8,243....

 town centre. It lies on the B1244 road from Leven
Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leven is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about west of Hornsea town centre and lies northwest of the A165 road, which was built, after a long campaign by residents, to bypass the village and opened 25 May 1994....

 to Hornsea.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Catwick and the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 of Little Catwick
Little Catwick
Little Catwick is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Beverley town centre. It lies east of the A165 Leven by-pass. It forms part of the civil parish of Catwick....

. Catwick is one of only five Thankful Villages
Thankful Villages
Thankful Villages are settlements in both England and Wales from which all their then members of the armed forces survived World War I. The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s...

 in Yorkshire - those rare places that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.
According to the 2001 UK census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, Catwick parish had a population of 215.
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