Flixton, North Yorkshire

Flixton is a village in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. There is a public house, the Foxhound Inn.

Flixton

Looking north-east over Flixton Carr, which was once submerged below Lake Flixton
Flixton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceTA041796
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSCARBOROUGH
Postcode districtYO11
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

History

The area was known to have been settled by humans in the Mesolithic era, roughly around 15,000 to 5,000 BP. Evidence of Mesolithic settlers exist at nearby Star Carr, and the post-glacial watercourse of Lake Flixton, which was north of the village.[1] Archaeological excavations in the area have discovered ceremonial mace-heads made from pebble, flints, and ochre crayons believed to be 10,000 years old.[2][3] During the reign of Æthelstan (924-939), a hospital was built in the settlement "for the preservation of persons travelling that way, that they might not be destroyed by wolves and other wild beasts then abounding in that neighbourhood...."[4] The hospital possessed a chapel and was rebuilt in 1447, though by 1535 it had been abandoned and farmland now occupies the site.[5]

Flixton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Fleustone; having three villagers, 37 ploughlands, and one church.[6][7] The name derives from a combination of Old Danish and Old English, Flīks-tũn; literally the town of Flic's people.[8] Originally in the East Riding wapentake of Dickering, it was later transferred into North Yorkshire during the county boundary changes of 1974.[9] The village is on the A1039 road connecting the A64 with A165 road near Filey. Flixton is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Hunmanby, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Folkton.[10] Historically, its nearest railway station was at Ganton on the York to Scarborough line, but this closed in 1930.[11][12] The nearest railway station now is at Seamer, 4.3 miles (7 km) to the north.[13]

There is one Guest House, Orchard Lodge, which has won national and local awards,[14] and the Foxhound Inn, which also serves as a fish and chip shop. All other amenities, post office, shop and bus service, have been lost in the 2010s.[15]

Folkton & Flixton C.C., the local cricket club, for the villages of Flixton and Folkton, won the national Village Cup at Lord's in 2018.[16][17]

At the 2011 Census, the population of the village was recorded in that of the entire Folkton Parish, which had 535 residents.[18]

See also

References
  1. Taylor, Barry (September 2019). "Early Holocene wetland succession at Lake Flixton (UK) and its implications for Mesolithic settlement". Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 28 (5): 559–573. doi:10.1007/s00334-019-00714-9.
  2. Roe, Fiona; Radley, Jeffrey (1968). "Pebble Mace-Heads with Hourglass Perforations from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 42: 173. ISSN 0084-4276.
  3. "Archaeologists find 10,000-year-old crayon in Scarborough". BBC News. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. {Sheahan, J J; Whellan, T (1867). History and topography of the City of York : the Ainsty Wapentake and the East Riding of Yorkshire ; embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York. Volume II. Beverley. p. 312. OCLC 655834352.
  5. Farrer, William (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters : Being a Collection of Documents Anterior to the Thirteenth Century Made from the Public Records, Monastic Chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's Manuscripts and Other Available Sources. Volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-1-108-05824-7.
  6. "Flixton :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. "Flixton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  8. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  9. "Folkton AP/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  10. "Genuki: Folkton, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  11. "Genuki: FOLKTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  12. Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 164. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  13. "301" (Map). Scarborough, Bridlington and Flamborough Head. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24553-8.
  14. Burn, Chris (6 August 2020). "Bed and breakfast owners who worked in Tesco during lockdown hope for autumn tourists". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  15. "Village focus: Folkton and Flixton's winning partnership". The Yorkshire Post. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  16. "National Village Cup Final 2018 preview: Folkton & Flixton - The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  17. "Folkton & Flixton win The Cricketer Village Cup". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  18. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Folkton Parish (E04007673)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

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