Foggathorpe
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Foggathorpe is a village on the A163 road in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village lies between Selby and Market Weighton.
There are about 35 houses in the centre of the village,[1] a post office in Station Road,[2] a pub called the Black Swan, and a nearby Hoseasons Holiday Park at Yellowtop Country Park.[3]
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[edit] Transport
Foggathorpe used to have its own railway station, and the site of the dismantled railway track runs to the south of the village. Now the nearest train service is at Howden railway station about ten minutes drive away, from which one can travel to London Kings Cross station. A bus service through Foggathorpe transports children to local schools.
[edit] History
Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892)[4] describes Foggathorpe as a township containing 1,320 acres of land lying on the bank of the Foulness river. It was described as a small village with a population of 113 in 1881, rising to 131 in 1891. The village had a station (on the Selby and Market Weighton branch railway), and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1803 which was also used as a school for 41 children.
Bulmer states that the village was called Fulcathorpe in the Domesday Book and that it was given by the Norman Conqueror to his standard bearer, Gilbert Tison. Later the village belonged to the Aikroyds, one of whom was buried in the chancel of Bubwith church in 1673. The Aikroyds' old mansion was taken down in 1743, and a farmhouse erected on the site, though the mansion's moat remained.
[edit] Soil
Foggathorpe gives its name to the local soil which is dominated by poorly drained, clayey soils of the Foggathorpe series. Soils of both the Foggathorpe 1 Association and the Foggathorpe 2 Association are described as slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged stoneless clayey and fine loamy over clayey soils; the poor drainage and seasonal waterlogging creates conditions conducive to rapid surface runoff. The clay has its origins in glacial lakes.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ East Riding of Yorkshire Council (2005). Parish: Foggathorpe (pdf). Retrieved on October 3, 2006.
- ^ Post Office in Selby, North Yorkshire. townpages.com. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
- ^ Hoseasons Group (2006). Yellowtop Country Park, Foggathorpe, York, Yorkshire. Hoseasons holiday parks and lodges. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
- ^ Bulmer (1892). History and Directory of East Yorkshire. - viewed on internet document: Colin Hinson (2002). Bubwith Parish information from Bulmers' 1892. GENUKI. Retrieved on October 5, 2006.
- ^ S J King (Land Use Consultancy Services) (2003). Proposed Residential Development - Land to the west of Metcalfe Lane, Osbaldwick, York: Environmental Statement (pdf). Retrieved on October 4, 2006.
- ^ Environment Agency (2004 or later). Wansbeck and Blyth Catchment Flood Management Plan (pdf). Retrieved on October 4, 2006.
