Faxfleet

{{Short description|Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.706778|-0.693107|display=inline,title}}

| label_position = top

| official_name = Faxfleet

| population =

| civil_parish = Blacktoft

| unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| constituency_westminster = Goole and Pocklington

| post_town = GOOLE

| postcode_district = DN14

| postcode_area = DN

| dial_code = 01430

| os_grid_reference = SE863241

| london_distance_mi = 150

| london_direction = S

| static_image = Faxfleet.jpg

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Faxfleet is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blacktoft, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|6|mi|km|0}} west of Brough, and {{convert|9|mi}} east of Howden, at the start of the Humber, on the north bank, where the River Ouse and the River Trent meet.{{sfn|Hall|1892|p=169}}{{cite news |last1=Woodward |first1=Grant |title=City's old docks enjoy new lease of life |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=1 August 2016 |page=18 |quote=Separating Yorkshire from Lincolnshire, the Humber is formed from the confluence of two others, the Ouse and the Trent. They merge at Faxfleet, six miles eats of Goole.|issn=0140-0460}} In 1931 the parish had a population of 151.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10424483/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Faxfleet Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 August 2023}} Just to the east of the hamlet is the entrance lock for the Weighton Canal, and also Whitton Island in the Humber.{{cite book |last1=Allison |first1=Keith John |title=The East-Riding of Yorkshire landscape |date=1976 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |location=London |isbn=0-3401-5821-2 |page=214}}{{cite book |last1=Irving |first1=Henry |title=The tidal havens of the Wash and Humber |date=1983 |publisher=Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson |location=St Ives |isbn=0-8528-8085-5 |page=50}}

History

File:Looking west from the river bank at Faxfleet.JPG

There is evidence of Roman activity in the area, and it has been suggested that Faxfleet was the site of a small port.{{cite book |last1=Pye |first1=Kenneth |last2=Allen |first2=John R. L. |title=Coastal and estuarine environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology |date=2000 |publisher=The geological society |location=London |isbn=1862390703 |page=421}} The name is first recorded in a Knights Templar document from 1185 as Faxflete; there is no record in the Domesday Book of a settlement at Faxfleet.{{cite journal |last1=Daniel |first1=P. |last2=Moore |first2=R. |title=Broomfleet, Tongue Lane: Archaeological Monitoring and Recording 2014: Interim Report |journal=Network Archaeology |date=2014 |page=2 |doi=10.5284/1105704 |publisher=Network Archaeology Northern Office |location=Lincoln}} The first element is possibly a personal name, Faxi, of Old Norse origin, or it is possibly from Feax, an Old English word meaning coarse grass. The suffix of fleet, indicates a river channel, or beck.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=176|edition=4}}{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=A. H. |title=Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York |date=1970 |orig-date=1937|publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-04907-5 |page=224}} Faxfleet was the location of the Faxfleet Preceptory, a former community of the Knights Templar, the only preceptory of this order in the East Riding.{{cite journal|last=Martin|first=E. J. R|title=The Templars in Yorkshire|date=1932|volume=30|publisher=Yorkshire Archaeological Society|location=Leeds|journal=Yorkshire Archaeological Journal|oclc=955229014|page=155}} It was one of Yorkshire's principal preceptories, valued at more than £290 (equivalent to £{{Formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|290|1308|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}){{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} when it was closed in 1308.{{cite journal|last=Martin|first=E. J. R|title=The Templars in Yorkshire|date=1929|volume=29|publisher=Yorkshire Archaeological Society|location=Leeds|journal=Yorkshire Archaeological Journal|oclc=955229014|page=369}} The manor was inherited in 1311 by Joanna, widow of Alexander Comyn.{{cite journal|last=Martin|first=E. J. R|title=The Templars in Yorkshire|date=1932|volume=30|publisher=Yorkshire Archaeological Society|location=Leeds|journal=Yorkshire Archaeological Journal|oclc=955229014|page=153}}

In 1823 Faxfleet was listed as in the Wapentake of Harthill. Population was 163, with occupations including three farmers and a brick & tile maker. There was a gentleman who lived at the Hall, and two yeomen.{{cite book|authorlink=Edward Baines (1774–1848)|last=Baines|first= Edward |year=1823|title=History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York|page=203}}

Faxfleet was formerly a township in the parish of South Cave,{{sfn|Hall|1892|p=1}} from 1866 Faxfleet was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Blacktoft.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10424483|title=Relationships and changes Faxfleet Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 August 2023}}

Faxfleet lies within the constituency of Goole and Pocklington.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=485809&y=424637&z=7&bnd1=wmc&bnd2=cpc&labels=off |website=ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=22 June 2025 |quote=Click on the boundary tab on the left and activate Civil Parish and Westminster Constituencies}}

Population

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|+Population of Faxfleet 1801–1931{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=William |title=The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 |date=1907 |publisher=Constable & Co |location=London |page=492|oclc=500092527}}{{cite web |title=Faxfleet Tn/CP |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10424483/cube/TOT_POP |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=22 June 2025}}

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Since 1935, the hamlet has been within the civil parish of Blacktoft, which at the 2011 census, had a population of 322.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04000360|title=Blacktoft Parish|access-date=22 June 2025}}

References

{{cite book|title=Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=5}}

= Sources =

{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=John George |title=A history of South Cave and of other parishes in the East Riding of the county of York |date=1892 |publisher=Ombler |location=Hull |oclc=1046574520}}

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Faxfleet}}

Category:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Category:Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire