Goxhill, Yorkshire
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| Goxhill | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Giles church, Goxhill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA184448 |
| Location: | 53°53’9"N, 0°11’58"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hull |
| Postcode: | HU11 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Goxhill is a small hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire on the broad land of Holderness. It is to be found two miles south-west of Hornsea town centre.
The parish church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building.[1]
In 1823, Goxhill was note as part of the 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 the property of Rev Charles Constable, who had been patron of the St Giles Church incumbent since 1823.[2][3]
Goxhill was served from 1865 to 1953 by Wassand railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Goxhill, Yorkshire) |
- Goxhill, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1263782: Church of St Giles (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 211
- ↑ White, William (1840); History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, p. 279
- ↑ 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.
