Bettisons Folly is in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, England. It is also referred to as Bettisons Tower and was built some time between 1829 and 1853 by William Bettison. Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA203476 Administration District: East Riding of Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: East Riding of Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire Services Police force: Humberside Police Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office and telephone Post town... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA203476 Administration District: East Riding of Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: East Riding of Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire Services Police force: Humberside Police Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office and telephone Post town... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England, in the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
At the time, William Bettison was a Hull based brewer who built the folly on what was then his garden. Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...
Nowadays, Bettisons Folly is a Grade II listed building and stands in the middle of a new housing estate off Newbegin Road. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...
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