Spaldington
| Spaldington | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE761335 |
| Location: | 53°47’35"N, 0°50’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 185 (2011) |
| Post town: | Goole |
| Postcode: | DN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01430 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Haltemprice and Howden |
Spaldington is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, three miles north of Howden and 14 miles south of York, to the west of the A614 road.
This parish is in the Vale of York, to the east of the River Derwent, which marks the boundary between the East and North Ridings. It is found approximately halfway between Howden and Holme on Spalding Moor. According to the 2011 census, Spaldington parish had a population of 185.
History
The name is recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Spellinton. The name may refer to a river named Spalding, derived from the Old English spald dic, or a fenland river, which also gave its name to Spalding Moor. The River Spalding is not recorded, but would be the river now known as the River Foulness.[1] The name may also be derived from the tribe known as the Spalda mentioned in the 7th century Tribal Hidage, which gave rise to the tribe or district known as the Spaldingas, the "dwellers by the Spald". If that explanation is correct, Spald could refer to some other fenland river or rivers. The Spaldingas though gave their name to the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire;[2] rather a long way away.
Spaldington (Spellinton) is listed as being in the manor of Wressle (Weresa) in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3]
In around 1200 Eustace de Vesci and William Fitzpeter were joint lords of the manor; after de Vesci's death the manorship passed to Fitzpeter, then to his sister, to her eldest daughter who had married Peter dela Haye, then to the Vasavour's by the marriage of Isabella de la Haye to John Vavasour,[4] father of John Vavasour died 1506.
Spaldington Hall, an Elizabethan building was a seat of the Vavasour family.[5] In 1838 the Hall was demolished.[6] By 1850 'Hall farm' (or 'Old Hall farm') had been built on top of it.[7]
A church or chapel dating to as early as 1650 was still extant in 1850, but had been demolished by 1890. A Wesleyan chapel, also used as school, was built in the village in 1820.[8] By the 1830s the population (of the township) was 361.[5]
Spaldington mill, a corn mill on the Spaldington to Willitoft road was extant in 1850, but had been demolished by 1890 leaving the mill house; in the 20th century the mill house was removed, and the site levelled and field boundaries removed by the 1970s.
The airship station RNAS Howden was built in the southern part of the parish in the early 20th century, opening in 1916, and closing in 1930.
In 1953 F. Hall & Sons constructed a water tower for Howden Rural District Council at the A614 / Spaldington Lane junction.[9]
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References
- ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Spaldington", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557
- ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Spalding", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557
- ↑ Spaldington in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Bigland, John (1815). Yorkshire; or, Original delineations ... p. 570. https://archive.org/details/yorkshireororig00biglgoog.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lewis, Samuel (1831). Spaldington. 4. p. 139. https://books.google.com/books?id=fsQ_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA139.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). 4 (7th ed.). pp. 156–159. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51291#s2.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1855 (surveyed 1851-2) Sheet 223
- ↑ Wolffe, John, ed (2000). Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship: West Riding (North). 1. Borthwick Institute, University of York. p. 38.
- ↑ "our History". www.hallgroup.co.uk. 1950's. http://www.hallgroup.co.uk/history.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.
