Great Hatfield

Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Hatfield

Unitary authority

East Riding of Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

East Riding of Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHULLPostcode districtHU11Dialling code01964PoliceHumbersideFire Humberside AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Beverley and Holderness

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°52′07″N 0°11′44″W / 53.868542°N 0.195526°W / 53.868542; -0.195526

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 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than one mile (1.6 km) 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.^[5] Landmarks include St Helen's Well, the Wrygarth Inn pub, and nearby 'Hatfield Paddock' football pitch adjacent to Densholme farm.

References

^ "History of Great Hatfield, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "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. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Population statistics Great Hatfield CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 213
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.