Faxfleet is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blacktoft, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) west of Brough, and at the start of the Humber, on the north bank, where the River Ouse and the River Trent meet. In 1931 the parish had a population of 151.[1]
Looking west from the river bank at Faxfleet
Faxfleet lies within the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden, an area placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a 2003 Barclays Private Clients survey.[2]
Faxfleet was the location of the Faxfleet Preceptory, a former community of the Knights Templar. It was one of Yorkshire's principal preceptories, valued at more than £290[3] (equivalent to £300,000 in 2023).[4] when it was closed in 1308.
In 1823 Faxfleet was listed as in the Wapentake of Harthill. Population was 163, with occupations including three farmers and a brick & tile maker. There was a gentleman who lived at the Hall, and two yeomen.[5]
Faxfleet was formerly a township in the parish of South Cave,[6] from 1866 Faxfleet was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Blacktoft.[7]
^"Population statistics Faxfleet Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^"North tops 'real' rich league". BBC News. 14 May 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^"Geoffrey Jolif, Knight Templar: an Anglo-Norman forbear?". The Jollys of Mythop. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
^UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 203.
^"History of Faxfleet, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^"Relationships and changes Faxfleet Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
Faxfleet is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blacktoft, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6...
53°45′03″N 0°41′08″W / 53.7509°N 0.6856°W / 53.7509; -0.6856 The Faxfleet Preceptory is a former community of the Knights Templar located in what is...
estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the...
Act for inclosing Lands in the Townships of Blacktoft, Gilberdike and Faxfleet, in the Parish or Parochial Chapelry of Blacktoft and in the Parishes of...
Mary ____________________ Elreton on the Derwent Priory; Ellerton Priory Faxfleet Preceptory Knights Templar founded 1185 (before 1220(?)); dissolved 1308–12;...
Stather and finally Trent Falls. At this point, between Alkborough and Faxfleet the river reaches the boundary with Yorkshire and joins the River Ouse...
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the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (the others being Copmanthorpe, Cowton, Faxfleet, Foulbridge, Hirst, Newsam, Penhill, Ribston and Wetherby). The Templars...
civil parish of Blacktoft consists of the village of Blacktoft, Bellasize, Faxfleet and Yokefleet. According to the 2011 UK Census the parish had a population...
the Ouse widens into the Humber Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) downstream at Faxfleet. The island has also been known as Hook Island and Silverpit Island, and...
the king confirmed Stirling's acquisition of another Yorkshire manor, Faxfleet, partly refunding the 200 mark annuity. On 22 November 1347 Stirling was...
preceptories included Temple Newsam, Cowton, Westerdale, Ribston Hall, Faxfleet, Foulbridge, Wetherby and Weedley. Ralph and William Hastings gave Temple...
United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk in the River Humber near Faxfleet, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire...
Pictou, Nova Scotia. Providence United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Faxfleet Sand, in the Humber. She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued....
by the steamship Altona ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Ouse at Faxfleet, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Goole for repairs...
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