Great Hatfield Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.8685°N -0.1955°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Great Hatfield
Civil Parish:Hatfield
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Beverley and Holderness
Post Town:HULL
Postcode District:HU11
Postcode Area:HU
Dial Code:01964
Os Grid Reference:TA187428
London Distance Mi:160
London Direction:S
Static Image Name:Great Hatfield.jpg
Static Image Caption:Great Hatfield

Great Hatfield is a village in the civil parish of Hatfield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3.5miles south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than 11NaN1 east of Little Hatfield.

Great Hatfield was formerly a township in the parishes of Mappleton and Sigglesthorne,[1] in 1866 Great Hatfield became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Goxhill and Little Hatfield to form Hatfield.[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 147.[3]

In 1823 Great Hatfield was in the civil parish of Mappleton and Sigglesthorne, and in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. An "ancient stone cross of exquisite workmanship" was recorded at the village centre. There was a burial place but no place of worship. A previous chapel had burnt down a hundred years previously, although a stone, with the inscription "Here lieth the body of Expopher Constable, A.D. 642", marked its location. Population at the time was 127, with occupations including ten farmers, a grocer, a tailor, and a shoemaker. A carrier operated between the village and Hull once a week.[4]

Great Hatfield was served from 1864 to 1964 by Sigglesthorne railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway. Landmarks include St Helen's Well, the Wrygarth Inn pub, and nearby 'Hatfield Paddock' football pitch adjacent to Densholme farm.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Great Hatfield, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Great Hatfield Tn/CP Yorkshire through time – Administrative history of Parish-level unit: hierarchies, boundaries . A Vision of Britain through Time . University of Portsmouth & others . 2008 . 12 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Population statistics Great Hatfield CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 November 2023.
  4. [Edward Baines (1774–1848)|Baines, Edward]