Octon | |
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Location 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 |
UK Parliament | |
Octon is a hamlet and shrunken medieval village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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]
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]
Octon | |
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Location 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 |
UK Parliament | |
Octon is a hamlet and shrunken medieval village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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]
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]