Little Hatfield

Little Hatfield
Little Hatfield
Little Hatfield Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA173432
• London	160 mi (260 km) S
Civil parish	Hatfield
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HULL
Postcode district	HU11
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness

Little Hatfield is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Great Hatfield.

Little Hatfield was formerly a township in the parish of Sigglesthorne,[1] in 1866 Little Hatfield became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Goxhill and Great Hatfield to form "Hatfield".[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 63.[3]

In 1823 Little Hatfield was in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population at the time was 25, which included a farmer.[4]

Little Hatfield was served from 1864 to 1964 by Sigglesthorne railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.[5]

References

1. "History of Little Hatfield, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
2. "Little Hatfield Tn/CP Yorkshire through time – Administrative history of Parish-level unit: hierarchies, boundaries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
3. "Population statistics Little Hatfield CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
4. Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 214
5. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

• Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.

External links

• Media related to Little Hatfield at Wikimedia Commons
• Little Hatfield in the Domesday Book