Old Ellerby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness.It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Skirlaugh, lying to the east of the A165 road.In 1823 Ellerby was in the civil parish of Swine, and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness.Population at the time, including the then settlements of Dowthorp, Langthorp and Owbrough, was 233.This East Riding of Yorkshire location article is a stub.