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Waxholme
Waxholme
	Waxholme Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA327297
• London	155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish	Rimswell;
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	WITHERNSEA
Postcode district	HU19
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°44′49″N 0°00′39″E / 53.746832°N 0.010893°E

Waxholme is a hamlet in the civil parish of Rimswell, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Withernsea, off the B1242 road.

Waxholme was formerly a township in the parish of Owthorne,^[1] in 1866 Waxholme became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Rimswell.^[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 41.^[3]

Etymology

Waxholme means "village where wax (from bees) is produced. The first element of the name is Old English weax "wax".^[4]

Despite the place-name ending in "-holme" (which is normally from Old Norse holmr "island, water-meadow"), it is not from this word. Instead the ending is Old English ham "homestead", rather than the similar Old English hamm "river-meadow, bend in river", despite the village's proximity to the River Humber. The name was recorded as Wexnem in 1162.^[5]

In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 72. Occupations included seven farmers.^[6]

References

^ "History of Waxholme, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Waxholme CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ "Population statistics Waxholme CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), p.486. ISBN 019960908X
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 502. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
^ Baines, Edward; History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York (1823), p.397. ISBN 1230139141