Octon, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Octon
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•  London 180 mi (290 km)  S
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Post town DRIFFIELD
Postcode district YO25
Dialling code 01262
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54°06′52″N0°25′13″W / 54.114324°N 0.420153°W / 54.114324; -0.420153

Octon is a hamlet and shrunken medieval village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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History

Farm buildings, Octon Old Octon Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1258460.jpg
Farm buildings, Octon

Octon is recorded in the 11th-century Domesday Book as "Ocheton". [1] The village contained a chapel dedicated to St. Michael (noted in 1327). [2] After around 1400 no records exist relating to the chapel, and the village is thought likely to have been depopulated as a result of the Black Death. [3]

By the 19th century the village was reduced to a small farming hamlet. In 1823 three farmers and a gamekeeper were recorded as resident in Octon, with a further two farmers at Octon Grange just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. [4] The extent of the hamlet remained unexpanded throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. [5]

The modern village is at the same location as the reduced medieval village; earthworks of the medieval church and village were scheduled as an ancient monument in 1994. [6] The 'Old farmhouse' at Glebe farm, Octon, a cruck framed longhouse dating from the 17th century is a Grade II* listed building. [7]

Geography

Octon is located approximately 1.25 miles (2 km) west of Thwing in the civil parish of Thwing. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds at a height of over 330 feet (100 m) above sea level approximately 9.5 miles (15 km) west of Bridlington on the North Sea coast. The village includes a large house 'Octon Manor'. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Octon in the Domesday Book . Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Lawton, George (1840), Collectio rerum ecclesiasticarum de Dioecesi Eboracensi: or, Collections relative to churches and chapels within the Diocese of York. To which are added, Collections relative to churches and chapels within the Diocese of Ripon, vol. 2, J. G. F & J. Rivington, Octon, p.314
  3. ↑ Jennings, Bernard (2002), "A Longer View of the Wolds", in Thirsk, Joan (ed.), Rural England: A history of the landscape, Oxford University Press, p. 68, ISBN   978-0-19-860619-2
  4. ↑ Baines, Edward (1823), History, directory & gazetteer, of the county of York ..., vol. 2, E. Baines, p. 374
  5. ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1854, 1892, 1912–3, 1952–3, 1972–83. 1:10560 and 1:10000
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Octon shrunken village (79871)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "The Old farmhouse, Glebe Farm (1309563)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1:25000. 2009
  9. ↑ Hobson, Bernard (1924). "26. The Roll of Honour". The East Riding of Yorkshire. Cambridge County Geographies. p. 149. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

Sources

  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 9.
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