Goxhill, East Riding of Yorkshire
| Goxhill | |
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 St Giles church, Goxhill | |
  Goxhill Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA184448 |
| • London | 160 mi (260 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HULL |
| Postcode district | HU11 |
| Dialling code | 01964 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Goxhill is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Hornsea town centre. In 1931 the parish had a population of 70.[1]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Great Hatfield and Little Hatfield to form Hatfield.[2]
The parish church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building.[3]
In 1823, Goxhill parish was in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. At the time, the parish church was undergoing repairs, begun in 1818. The population was 70, which included five farmers. In 1840 the population was 65, again with five farmers, the parish land of 880 acres (3.6 km2) the property of Rev Charles Constable, who had been patron of the St Giles Church incumbent since 1823.[4][5]
Goxhill was served from 1865 to 1953 by Wassand railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway. [6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Population statistics Goxhill CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Goxhill AP/CP Yorkshire through time – Administrative history of Parish-level unit: hierarchies, boundaries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Giles (1263782)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 211.
- ^ White, William (1840); History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, p. 279
- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.
External links[edit]
Media related to Goxhill at Wikimedia Commons- Historic England. "St Giles' Church (1263782)". National Heritage List for England.
- Goxhill in the Domesday Book
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