Coniston 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

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, in an area known as Holderness

Holderness

Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire...

. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north east of Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

 city centre and 1 miles (1.6 km) north east of the village of Ganstead

Ganstead

Ganstead is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately north east of Hull city centre.It is divided into Ganstead East and Ganstead West by the A165 road which passes through the village....

. It lies on the A165 road

A165 road

The A165 is a road that links Scarborough and Kingston upon Hull, both in Yorkshire, England. It is close to the coast for the northern part of the route...

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The civil parish is formed by the village of Coniston 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 Thirtleby

Thirtleby

Thirtleby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Hull city centre and west of the village of Sproatley.It forms part of the civil parish of Coniston....

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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....

, Coniston parish had a population of 266.