Stillingfleet

For use as a surname, see Stillingfleet (disambiguation).
Stillingfleet
Stillingfleet
 Stillingfleet shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE593410
DistrictSelby
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO19
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 53°51′43″N 1°05′57″W / 53.861880°N 1.099210°W

Stillingfleet is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 6 miles (10 km) south of York and nearby settlements include Acaster Selby, Naburn and Appleton Roebuck.

Stillingfleet was once the site of UK Coal's Stillingfleet Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield, which closed in 2004.

The parish church of St Helen's is a grade I listed building.

Toponymy

The origin of the name 'Stillingfleet' lies in Old English. The name means 'stretch of river belonging to the family or followers of a man called Styfel', and is composed of the elements Styfel (the name of the landowner), inga (followers of) and fleot (stream, inlet or creek). The village was recorded as Steflingefled in the Domesday Book.

1833 Tragedy

On Boxing Day 1833 11 members of a party of carol singers from Stillingfleet were drowned when their boat overturned in the nearby River Ouse.[1]

References

  1. ↑ The Knitting Genealogist

External links

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The Cross Keys pub in Stillingfleet