Mappleton
| Mappleton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 The sands at Mappleton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA225440 |
| Location: | 53°52’40"N, 0°8’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 342 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hornsea |
| Postcode: | HU18 |
| Dialling code: | 01964 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Mappleton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the North Sea coastline of Holderness. It is about three miles south of the seaside resort of Hornsea.
The wider civil parish, with Mappleton, Cowden, Great Cowden and Rolston had a population of just 342 recorded at the 2011 census.
The parish church, All Saints, is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
In 1823 Mappleton was noted as a parish in the Wapentake of Holderness and the Liberty of St Peter's. The church living for the parish and was under the patronage of the Archdeacon of the East Riding. A public school was established in 1820 by subscription and run under the ideas of educationalist Andrew Bell. The population at the time was 187, including the hamlet of Rolston (then 'Rowlston'). Occupations included six farmers, a carpenter, a corn miller, and a schoolmaster who was also the parish clerk. Two carriers operated between the village and Kingston upon Hull twice weekly.[2]
In 1991, sea defences were built in order to protect the village and B1242 main road from intense sea erosion that had threatened it – Holderness is the most rapidly eroding coastline in the British Isles. The cliffs had been eroded at a rate of between 8 yards and 11 yards a year on average. The £2 million project created two large rock groynes to trap materials that are carried in the waves during longshore drift as well as revetments to break the waves. In order to protect the cliffs from undercutting, their gradient was also reduced artificially.
The success of this project has created a larger higher sandy beach for Mappleton, and the erosion has slowed to a point where it is no longer a threat to the settlement. Due to these sea defences, the area directly south of the village now suffers from an even greater rate of erosion.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Mappleton) |
- Mappleton in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1083417: Church of All Saints (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 365
- ↑ "Case study: coastal management in Holderness". Bitesize (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/coasts/coastal_management_rev3.shtml. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.
