Great Hatfield
| Great Hatfield | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Great Hatfield | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA187428 |
| Location: | 53°52’7"N, 0°11’44"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU11 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Great Hatfield is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire on Holderness. It is to be found three and a half miles south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than a mile east of Little Hatfield.
In 1823 Great hatfield was noted as being within the parish of Mappleton and Sigglesthorne, and in the Liberty and Wapentake of Holderness. An "ancient stone cross of exquisite workmanship" was recorded at the village centre. There was a burial place but no place of worship. A previous chapel had burnt down a hundred years previously, although a stone, with the inscription "Here lieth the body of Expopher Constable, A.D. 642", marked its location. Population at the time was 127, with occupations including ten farmers, a grocer, a tailor, and a shoemaker. A carrier operated between the village and Hull once a week.[1]
Great Hatfield was served from 1864 to 1964 by Sigglesthorne railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.[2] Sights about the village include St Helen's Well, the Wrygarth Inn pub, and nearby 'Hatfield Paddock' football pitch adjacent to Densholme farm.
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References
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823)
- ↑ 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. 6.
