Yokefleet

Yokefleet is one of the ancient manors mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The original Manor House was located on a moated site in the hamlet.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Laxton/Laxton92|title=LAXTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892|work= GENUKI|date= 16 April 2020 |access-date= 2 June 2022}}

In 1823 Yokefleet had a population of 199, which included a yeoman farmer, a corn miller, and a cattle dealer. It contained a windmill which served "as a mark for sailors to navigate the river".{{cite book|authorlink=Edward Baines (1774–1848)|last=Baines|first= Edward|url= https://archive.org/stream/historydirector02baingoog#page/n422/mode/2up |title=History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York|year= 1823|volume= {{nobreak|Volume 2}}| page=402| accessdate= 4 July 2014}} By 1831 Yokefleet population had dropped to 190, within a parish area of {{convert|950|acre|ha|0}} which included ecclesiastical land and Walling Fen. The land mainly belonged to the Empson family who were impropriators—lay persons as patrons of incumbent clergy. There was a Wesleyan chapel. Occupations by this time included seven farmers, a school teacher for the local school, a corn miller, tailor, and two shoemakers, one of whom was a shopkeeper.{{cite book|last=White|first= William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wf80AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Yokefleet%22&pg=PA305 |chapter=Howdenshire Wapentake|title= History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire |year=1840|pages=305, 315|isbn= 1845519442| access-date= 4 July 2014}} A descendant of the Empson family, born at Yokefleet Hall, was literary critic and poet Sir William Empson (1906 – 1984).Dodsworth, Martin; "Empson of Yokefleet in The State of the Letters", The Sewanee Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, Summer, 1885Bradbrook M. C.; [https://www.jstor.org/stable/i403545 "Sir William Empson (1906 – 1984): A Memoir"], The Kenyon Review, New Series, Vol. 7, No. 4, Autumn, 1985, Kenyon College. Jstor subscription required. Retrieved 4 July 2014

Prince Philip named his horse after Yokefleet and was seen having trouble controlling the horse at Horse Guards Parade, London in 1953.{{cite web|url=https://hudsonvalleypost.com/lookback-queen-elizabeths-historic-visits-to-new-york-state/ |title= Look back Queen Elizabeth's Historic Visits to New York|work= Hudson Valley Post, Fred Ramage, Getty Images |date= 9 September 2022|access-date= 22 December 2022}}

In early December 2013 Yokefleet, among other regional settlements was subject to flooding due to a tidal surge on the Ouse the largest in 60 years. According to the Environment Agency, damage caused would have been worse had it not been for the flood defences in place across the region. A 2014 Flood Investigation Report from East Riding of Yorkshire Council recommended that affected property owners should "develop a personal flood plan".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-27977952 |title=East Riding of Yorkshire report into December tidal surge accepted|work= BBC News|date= 24 June 2014|access-date= 4 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/public_reports/TheCabinet/24%20June%202014/Flood%20Investigation%20Report%20-%20Tidal%20Surge%20on%205%20December%202013.pdf |title=Flood Investigation Report - Tidal Surge on 5 December 2013|publisher= East Riding of Yorkshire Council|date= 24 June 2014|access-date= 4 July 2014}} However, improved flood defences are likely to be introduced across the region, including the significant raising of the river bank in order to ensure such flooding does not reoccur. The Environment Agency expressed confidence in such flood defences being improved by the government in order to prevent further flooding in the Haltemprice and Howden constituency and across the East Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.blacktoft.org.uk/minutes/BPC%20Minutes%20February%202014.pdf |title=Minutes of the meeting|publisher=Blacktoft Parish Council|date= 17 February 2014|access-date= 5 July 2014}}

Yokefleet was formerly a township in the parish of Howden,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14512|title=History of Yokefleet, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 August 2023}} in 1866 Yokefleet became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Blacktoft, part also went to Howden and to form Gilberdyke.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10475727|title=Relationships and changes Yokefleet Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 August 2023}}

File:Yokefleet Hall - geograph.org.uk - 635695.jpg|Yokefleet Hall

File:Yokefleet.jpg|Looking west into Yokefleet from near the Manor House

File:Windmill at Yokefleet - panoramio (1).jpg| Historic windmill at River Ouse, Yokefleet

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• Sir William Empson – Literary critic and poet

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