Everingham is a village 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. It is 5 miles (8 km) west of Market Weighton

Market Weighton

Market Weighton is a small town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the main market towns in the East Yorkshire Wolds and lies midway between Hull and York, about from either one...

 town centre and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Pocklington

Pocklington

Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York....

 town centre. Everingham is part of the civil parish of Everingham and Harswell

Everingham and Harswell

Everingham and Harswell is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of Market Weighton town centre and covering an area of ....

.

It has two churches, both dedicated to St. Everilda

Everilda

Saint Everilda of Everingham was a Saxon saint of the 7th century who founded a convent at Everingham, in the English county of the East Riding of Yorkshire....

, a 7th century saint

Saint

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 who founded a convent

Convent

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 here: St. Everilda's (Church of England

Church of England

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) and Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham

Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham

The Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Everilda, in the village of Everingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, is an impressive Italianate-style Roman Catholic chapel within the Diocese of Middlesbrough...

, (Roman Catholic). There is only one other church in Britain

United Kingdom

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 dedicated to this saint, at Nether Poppleton

Nether Poppleton

Nether Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated by the West bank of the River Ouse adjacent to Upper Poppleton, and west of York close to the A59 road from York to Harrogate...

, City of York.

The Ham class minesweeper

Ham class minesweeper

The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers , known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. It took its name from the fact that all the ship names were British place names ending in -"ham"...

was named after the village.