Goxhill, East Riding of Yorkshire

Goxhill is a small hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Hornsea town centre.

Goxhill

St Giles church, Goxhill
Goxhill
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceTA184448
• London160 mi (260 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU11
Dialling code01964
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The village was a civil parish until 1935, when it was merged with Great Hatfield and Little Hatfield to form the parish of Hatfield.[1]

The parish church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building.[2]

In 1823 Goxhill parish was in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. At the time the parish church was undergoing repairs, begun in 1818. Population was 70, which included five farmers. In 1840 population was 65, again with five farmers, the parish land of 880 acres (3.6 km2) the property of Rev Charles Constable, who had been patron of the St Giles Church incumbent since 1823.[3][4]

Goxhill was served from 1865 to 1953 by Wassand railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway. [5]

References
  1. "Goxhill AP/CP Yorkshire through time – Administrative history of Parish-level unit: hierarchies, boundaries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Giles (1263782)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 211.
  4. White, William (1840); History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, p. 279
  5. 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.


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