Flixton, Yorkshire
| Flixton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Flixton Carr | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA041796 |
| Location: | 54°12’7"N, 0°24’18"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Scarborough |
| Postcode: | YO11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Thirsk and Malton |
Flixton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire. There is a public house, the Foxhound Inn.
History
The area was known to have been settled in the Mesolithic era, roughly around 15,000 to 5,000 ago: evidence of Mesolithic settlers exist at nearby Star Carr, and the post-glacial watercourse of Lake Flixton, which was north of the village.[1] Archaeological excavations in the area have discovered ceremonial mace-heads made from pebble, flints, and ochre crayons believed to be 10,000 years old.[2][3]
During the reign of Æthelstan (924-939), a hospital was built in the settlement "for the preservation of persons travelling that way, that they might not be destroyed by wolves and other wild beasts then abounding in that neighbourhood...."[4] The hospital possessed a chapel and was rebuilt in 1447, though by 1535 it had been abandoned and farmland now occupies the site.[5]
Flixton is recorded in the Domesday Book as Fleustone; having three villagers, 37 ploughlands, and one church.[6][7] The name derives from a combination of Old Danish and Old English, Fliks tun; literally the town of Flic's people.[8]
There is one Guest House and a pub, the Foxhound Inn, which also serves as a fish and chip shop. All other amenities, post office, shop and bus service, have been lost in the 2010s.[9]
See also
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References
- ↑ Taylor, Barry (September 2019). "Early Holocene wetland succession at Lake Flixton (UK) and its implications for Mesolithic settlement". Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 28 (5): 559–573. doi:10.1007/s00334-019-00714-9.
- ↑ Roe, Fiona; Radley, Jeffrey (1968). "Pebble Mace-Heads with Hourglass Perforations from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society) 42: 173. SSN 0084-4276.
- ↑ "Archaeologists find 10,000-year-old crayon in Scarborough". BBC News. 26 January 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42831463.
- ↑ Sheahan, J J; Whellan, T (1867). History and topography of the City of York : the Ainsty Wapentake and the East Riding of Yorkshire ; embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York. Volume II. Beverley. p. 312. OCLC 655834352.
- ↑ Farrer, William (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters : Being a Collection of Documents Anterior to the Thirteenth Century Made from the Public Records, Monastic Chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's Manuscripts and Other Available Sources. Volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-1-108-05824-7.
- ↑ Smith, A.H.: 'Place-Names of East Riding of Yorkshire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1937)
- ↑ Flixton, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 182 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ "Village focus: Folkton and Flixton's winning partnership". The Yorkshire Post. 29 September 2018. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environment/village-focus-folkton-and-flixtons-winning-partnership-574150.