Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.0542°N -0.6248°W |
Official Name: | Towthorpe |
Civil Parish: | Fimber |
Unitary England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Lieutenancy England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Constituency Westminster: | East Yorkshire |
Post Town: | DRIFFIELD |
Postcode District: | YO25 |
Postcode Area: | YO |
Dial Code: | 01377 |
Os Grid Reference: | SE901629 |
Static Image: | Towthorpe.jpg |
Towthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fimber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds just north of the B1248 road, approximately 8miles north-west of Driffield and 2miles south-west of Sledmere. In 1931 the parish had a population of 66.[1] The deserted medieval village is a scheduled monument.
Towthorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Wharram-Percy,[2] in 1866 Towthorpe became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Fimber.[3]