Great Hatfield
Great Hatfield | |
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Great Hatfield | |
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | TA187428 |
• 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 | |
Great Hatfield is a village in the civil parish of Hatfield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than one mile (1.6 km) east of Little Hatfield.
Great Hatfield was formerly a township in the parishes of Mappleton and Sigglesthorne,[1] in 1866 Great Hatfield became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Goxhill and Little Hatfield to form Hatfield.[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 147.[3]
In 1823 Great Hatfield was in the civil parish of Mappleton and Sigglesthorne, and in the
Great Hatfield was served from 1864 to 1964 by Sigglesthorne railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.[5] Landmarks include St Helen's Well, the Wrygarth Inn pub, and nearby 'Hatfield Paddock' football pitch adjacent to Densholme farm.
References
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Great Hatfield Tn/CP Yorkshire through time – Administrative history of Parish-level unit: hierarchies, boundaries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Population statistics Great Hatfield CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 213
- OL 11956311M.
- Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.
External links
- Media related to Great Hatfield at Wikimedia Commons
- Great Hatfield in the Domesday Book