South Dalton
| South Dalton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, South Dalton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE966453 |
| Location: | 53°53’42"N, -0°31’51"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Beverley |
| Postcode: | HU17 |
| Dialling code: | 01430 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
South Dalton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a mile west of the B1248 road, and six miles north-east of Market Weighton, whlle Beverley is five miles to the south-east. North Dalton is foutr and a half miles north-west of South Dalton.
The village forms part the Dalton Estate, owned and managed by the Hotham family which has possessed land in the area for generations. The 18th-century hall is the home of Lord Hotham. The Dalton Estate office is within the village. The Estate houses are of rows of cottages and Tudor style houses, some with date plates dating as far back as 1706.
The name ‘Dalton’ is from th Old English for ‘Dale village (or farmstead)’. South Dalton is listed in the Domesday Book as "Delton". At the time of the survey it contained twelve households, twelve villeins and six ploughlands. In 1066 Ealdred, the Archbishop of York, held the Lordship: this had been transferred by 1086 to the Canons of Beverley, with Thomas of Bayeux, the later Archbishop of York, as Tenant-in-chief to the King.[1]
By 1260 the village’s name was recorded as "Suthdalton".[2]
In 1823 South Dalton was noted as a village with a ppulation at the time was 277. Occupations included twelve farmers, a shopkeeper, a boot and shoe maker, a carpenter & wheelwright, a blacksmith, and the landlord of ‘’The Board’’ public house. A weaver was also the parish clerk. Three carriers operated between the village and Beverley once a week.[3]
St Mary's Church
The parish church, the Church of St Mary, is a Grade I listed building.[4] Its spire is over 200 feet tall and is a prominent local landmark.
The church was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built from 1858 to 1861 as a replacement for a brick structure.
Inside the church lie a number of graves of the Hotham family; the older monuments were transferred from the earlier church. There is a black and white marble monument in memory of Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet which is based on the that of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury at Hatfield and dates from after 1697.[5] Sir John is represented in life, as a reclining knight in full armour, with his helmet and gauntlet beside him, and in death, as a skeleton. Supporting the four corners of the tomb are statues representing the cardinal virtues.
The organ is a three manual instrument by William Hill dating from 1877 with additions by the local Hull firm, Foster & Andrews, in 1897.
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References
- ↑ Dalton South Dalton in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 192
- ↑ National Heritage List 1103439: Church of Saint Mary (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: York & East Riding, 1972; 1995 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.