Waxholme

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Waxholme
Waxholme shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA327297
Parish	Rimswell
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WITHERNSEA
Postcode district	HU19
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°44′49″N 0°00′39″E / 53.746832, 0.010893

Waxholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast approximately 1 mile north west of Withernsea, off the B1242 road.

It forms part of the civil parish of Rimswell.

[edit] Etymology

Waxholme means "village where wax (from bees) is produced. The first element of the name is Old English weax "wax".

Despite the place-name ending in "-holme" (which is normally from Old Norse holmr "island, water-meadow", it is not from this word. Instead the ending is Old English ham "homestead", rather than the similar Old English hamm "river-meadow, bend in river", despite the village's proximity to the River Humber. The name was recorded as Wexnem in 1162.