Foggathorpe
| Foggathorpe | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Foggathorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE755375 |
| Location: | 53°49’45"N, -0°51’16"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 313 (2011) |
| Post town: | Selby |
| Postcode: | YO8 |
| Dialling code: | 01757 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Haltemprice and Howden |
Foggathorpe is a village on the A163 road in the East Riding of Yorkshire, sitting nine miles east of Selby and eight miles west of Market Weighton.
The wider civil parish includes apart from Foggathorpe, also Laytham and such hamlets as Harlthorpe and Gribthorpe: the 2011 census recorded a population of 313 in this parish.
There are about 35 houses in the centre of the village, a post office in Station Road, and a public house, the Black Swan. Nearby are a holiday park at Yellowtop Country Park, and a boarding kennel and cattery.[1]
History
Bulmer states that the village is called "Fulcathorpe" in the Domesday Book and that it was given by William the Conqueror to his standard-bearer, Gilbert Tison. Later the village belonged to the Aikroyds, one of whom was buried in the chancel of Bubwith church in 1673. The Aikroyds' old mansion was taken down in 1743, and a farmhouse erected on the site, though the mansion's moat remained.[2]
In 1823, Foggathorpe was noted as in the parish of Bubwith and the Harthill Wapentake. The population was 137, with occupations including three farmers, a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a grocer, and a shoemaker. A carrier operated between the village and York and Howden once a week. At the time parcels of land were let to labourers for 'cow-gates' which resulted in a reduction in poor rates.[3]
In 1892, Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire describes Foggathorpe as "a township containing 1,320 acres of land lying on the bank of the Foulness river". It was described as a small village with a population of 113 in 1881, rising to 131 in 1891. The village had a station (on the Selby and Market Weighton branch railway), and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1803 which was also used as a school for 41 children.[2]
Foggathorpe had its own railway station from 1853 to 1954 on the Selby to Driffield Line,[4] and the site of the dismantled railway track runs to the south of the village. The nearest train service is now about ten minutes' drive away at Howden.
Geography
Foggathorpe gives its name to the local soil, which is dominated by poorly drained, clayey soils of the Foggathorpe series. Soils of both the Foggathorpe 1 Association and the Foggathorpe 2 Association are described as slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged stoneless clayey and fine loamy over clayey soils; the poor drainage and seasonal waterlogging creates conditions conducive to rapid surface runoff. The clay has its origins in glacial lakes.
Outside links
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- Foggathorpe in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Yellowtop Country Park in Vale of York". https://www.stillrabbit.com/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bulmer (1892). History and Directory of East Yorkshire.: Bubwith Parish information from Bulmers' 1892: GENUK
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 204
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 5.