Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire

To the south of the village, close to the Gypsy Race stands a neolithic round barrow. It was excavated in 1894 by John Robert Mortimer when it was discovered that the monument had initially composed a large timber structure onto which several bodies had been laid along with pottery and flints.[9] The Great Wold Valley was a site of considerable neolithic activity, also containing the barrows of Duggleby Howe and Willy Howe as well as the Rudston Monolith. The barrow has been a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1962.[10]

Two bowl barrows are located to the west of Wold Newton Green. Both also saw use during mediaeval times as archery target butts, lending their name to the adjacent Butt Lane. They are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.[11]

In 2014 the metal detectorist David Blakely discovered a pottery container holding 1857 copper coins dating from the early 4th century AD. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2016 and went on public display in 2017.[12]

Wold Newton is an Anglian name denoting a new farmstead.

The land around Warrington was enclosed in 1776. The current channel of the Gypsy Race was defined at this time.

The Wold Newton meteorite monument

On 13 December 1795 a meteorite crashed on the outskirts of the village, landing within metres of ploughman John Shipley.[13] As a monument to this event there is a brick column bearing the inscription.[14] The meteorite is now housed in the Natural History Museum and the occurrence inspired the development of the body of science fiction literature known as the Wold Newton family by American author Philip José Farmer.[15]

From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Wold Newton was part of Dickering Wapentake.[16]

Between 1894 and 1974 Wold Newton was a part of the Bridlington Rural District, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[17] Between 1974 and 1996 it was part of the Borough of North Wolds (later Borough of East Yorkshire), in the county of Humberside.

The 1974 reforms to local government saw the parish form the northernmost tip of the new county of Humberside. The southern tip comprised the village of Wold Newton, Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire. Since 1996 Wold Newton is covered by the unitary East Riding of Yorkshire Council.