Yokefleet

Yokefleet (also known as Yorkfleet) [1] is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Blacktoft and a very small part of the civil parish of Laxton. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse, downstream from York, Selby and Goole.

Yokefleet

Looking west on Main Street, Yokefleet
Yokefleet
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE819242
• London155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGOOLE
Postcode districtDN14
Dialling code01430
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Yokefleet is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from Howden and 20 miles (32 km) south-east from the county town of York. Yokefleet lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden an area that mainly consists of middle class suburbs, towns and villages. The area is affluent, placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a Barclays Private Clients survey,[2] and has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the country.[3]

Yokefleet Hall is a Grade II listed mansion house of Victorian design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick.[4] The hall is on the eastern edge of the hamlet and the current house was built between 1868 and 1874 according to the York Georgian Society. [5]

History

In 1823 Yokefleet had a population of 199, which included a yeoman farmer, a corn miller, and a cattle dealer. It contained a windmill which served "as a mark for sailors to navigate the river."[6] By 1831 Yokefleet population had dropped to 190, within a parish area of 950 acres (4 km2) which included ecclesiastical land and Walling Fen. The land mainly belonged to the Empson family who were impropriators—lay persons as patrons of incumbent clergy. There was a Wesleyan chapel. Occupations by this time included seven farmers, a school teacher for the local school, a corn miller, tailor, and two shoemakers, one of whom was a shopkeeper.[7] A descendant of the Empson family, born at Yokefleet Hall, was literary critic and poet Sir William Empson (1906 – 1984).[8][9]

In early December 2013 Yokefleet, among other regional settlements was subject to flooding due to a tidal surge on the Ouse the largest in 60 years. According to the Environment Agency, damage caused would have been worse had it not been for the flood defences in place across the region. A 2014 Flood Investigation Report from East Riding of Yorkshire Council recommended that affected property owners should "develop a personal flood plan".[10][11] However, improved flood defences are likely to be introduced across the region, including the significant raising of the river bank in order to ensure such flooding does not reoccur. The Environment Agency expressed confidence in such flood defences being improved by the government in order to prevent further flooding in the Haltemprice and Howden constituency and across the East Riding of Yorkshire.[12]

  • Yokefleet Hall
  • Looking west into Yokefleet from near the Manor House

References
  1. "GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yokefleet, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding, Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. "North tops 'real' rich league". BBC News. 14 May 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. "Haltemprice and Howden". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. "Hull's own grand designer: The remarkable buildings of Cuthbert Brodrick". Hull Daily Mail. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. Historic England. "Yolkfleet Hall (1352658)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  6. Baines, Edward; History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York 1823, volume 2, p.402. Retrieved 4 July 2014
  7. White, William (1840). Howdenshire Wapentake. History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. pp. 305, 315. ISBN 1845519442. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  8. Dodsworth, Martin; "Empson of Yokefleet in The State of the Letters", The Sewanee Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, Summer, 1885
  9. Bradbrook M. C.; "Sir William Empson (1906 – 1984): A Memoir", The Kenyon Review, New Series, Vol. 7, No. 4, Autumn, 1985, Kenyon College. Jstor subscription required. Retrieved 4 July 2014
  10. "East Riding of Yorkshire report into December tidal surge accepted". BBC News. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  11. "Flood Investigation Report - Tidal Surge on 5 December 2013" (PDF). East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  12. "Minutes of the meeting" (PDF). Blacktoft Parish Council. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 12.
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