Garton
{{Short description|Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}
{{For multi|the Yorkshire Wolds village|Garton on the Wolds|people with surname Garton|Garton (surname)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.799898|-0.081323|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = left
| official_name = Garton
| population =
| civil_parish = East Garton
| 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 = TA 264 354
| london_distance_mi = 155
| london_direction = S
| static_image =
| static_image_name = Old Mill at Garton.jpg
| static_image_caption = Old Mill at Garton
}}
Garton (or Garton in Holderness) is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness.
It is situated approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} north-west of Withernsea town centre. It lies on the B1242 road.
It forms part of the civil parish of East Garton.
History
The church dedicated to St Michael was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.{{NHLE|num=1215863|desc=Church of St Michael|accessdate=12 August 2013}}
Blue Hall farm to the west of the village was designated in 1966 as a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE|num=1346612|desc=Blue Hall|accessdate=15 August 2013}}
In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 160. Occupations included ten farmers, a bricklayer, a carpenter and a blacksmith. Two carriers operated between the village and Hull on Tuesdays.{{cite book|last=Baines |first=Edward |title=History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York |year=1823 |page=209 |isbn=1230139141}}
During the Second World War, a German, moored, magnetic influence mine, TMA-1 came ashore at Corton sands at Garton. Lcdr. Roy Berryman Edwards, RN, DSO, BEM took the assignment to dismantle the mine with U.S. Navy Mine Disposalman John Martin Howard observing the operation. The mine detonated during the disposal operation with the full four hundred and seventy pounds of charge. The detonation killed Howard and Edwards and scattered debris for two hundred yards in each direction along the beach.{{cite web |last=Bartleson |first=John D. Jr. |year=1995 |title=History of U.S. Navy Mine Disposal |location=Washington, DC |publisher=United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Association |lccn=96170065 |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/68400349/MD-History-Scanned-PDF# |pages=46–49}}
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References
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- {{cite book|title=Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=6}}
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Garton in Holderness|Garton}}
- {{OpenDomesday|OS=TA2735|name=garton|display=Garton}}
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Category:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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