Octon, East Riding of Yorkshire

Octon
Octon
Octon shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference TA033698
 London 180 mi (290 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DRIFFIELD
Postcode district YO25
Dialling code 01262
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

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

History

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 and Octon. 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]

Notable people

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, 2, J. G. F & J. Rivington, Octon, p.314
  3. Jennings, Bernard (2002), "A Longer View of the Wolds", in Thirsk, Joan, Rural England: A history of the landscape, Oxford University Press, p. 68
  4. Baines, Edward (1823), History, directory & gazetteer, of the county of York ..., 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)". 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. "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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