Yokefleet
| Yokefleet | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Looking west on Greenoak Lane, Yokefleet | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE819242 |
| Location: | 53°42’31"N, -0°45’37"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Goole |
| Postcode: | DN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01430 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Haltemprice and Howden |
Yokefleet (also known as Yorkfleet) is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, standing on the north bank of the broad, tidal River Ouse, which here marks the boundary with the West Riding to the south, downstream of York, Selby and Goole.
This hamlet is about four miles south-east of Howden and twenty miles south-east of the county town, the City of York. The area is affluent, placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a Barclays Private Clients survey,[1] and has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the country.[2]
Yokefleet Hall is a Grade II listed mansion house of Victorian design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick.[3] The hall is on the eastern edge of the hamlet and the current house was built between 1868 and 1874 according to the York Georgian Society.[4]
History
Yokefleet is one of the ancient manors mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The original Manor House was located on a moated site in the hamlet.[5]
In 1823 Yokefleet had a population of 199, which included a yeoman farmer, a corn miller, and a cattle dealer. It contained a windmill which served "as a mark for sailors to navigate the river".[6] By 1831 Yokefleet population had dropped to 190, within a parish area of 950 acres which included ecclesiastical land and Walling Fen. The land mainly belonged to the Empson family who were the lay patrons of the church parish. There was a Wesleyan chapel. Occupations by this time included seven farmers, a school teacher for the local school, a corn miller, tailor, and two shoemakers, one of whom was a shopkeeper.[7] A descendant of the Empson family, born at Yokefleet Hall, was literary critic and poet Sir William Empson (1906 – 1984).[8][9]
Prince Philip named his horse after Yokefleet and was seen having trouble controlling the horse at Horse Guards Parade, London in 1953. [10]
In early December 2013 Yokefleet, among other regional settlements was subject to flooding due to a tidal surge on the Ouse the largest in 60 years.
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Yokefleet Hall -
Looking west into Yokefleet from near the Manor House -
Historic windmill at River Ouse, Yokefleet
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Outside links
- Yokefleet in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "North tops 'real' rich league". BBC News. 14 May 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3025321.stm.
- ↑ "Haltemprice and Howden". UK Polling Report. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/haltempriceandhowden/.
- ↑ "Hull's own grand designer: The remarkable buildings of Cuthbert Brodrick". Hull Daily Mail. 12 June 2014. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-s-grand-designer-remarkable-buildings/story-21224900-detail/story.html.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1352658: Yolkfleet Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Information on Yokefleet from GENUKI
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 402
- ↑ White, William (1840). Howdenshire Wapentake. pp. 305, 315. ISBN 1845519442. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wf80AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Yokefleet%22&pg=PA305. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ Dodsworth, Martin; "Empson of Yokefleet in The State of the Letters", The Sewanee Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, Summer, 1885
- ↑ Bradbrook M. C.; "Sir William Empson (1906 – 1984): A Memoir", The Kenyon Review, New Series, Vol. 7, No. 4, Autumn, 1985, Kenyon College. Jstor subscription required. Retrieved 4 July 2014
- ↑ "Look back Queen Elizabeth's Historic Visits to New York". Hudson Valley Post, Fred Ramage, Getty Images. 9 September 2022. https://hudsonvalleypost.com/lookback-queen-elizabeths-historic-visits-to-new-york-state/.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 12.