Harpham

Harpham

Harpham

Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

For other uses, see Harpham (disambiguation).

Harpham is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located just south of the A614 road, approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Driffield and 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Bridlington.[2][3]

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The civil parish is formed by the village of Harpham and the hamlets of Lowthorpe and Ruston Parva. According to the 2011 UK census, Harpham parish had a population of 303,[1] a decline on the 2001 UK census figure of 318.[4]

History

The village appears in the Domesday Book as belonging to King William, and having 29 ploughlands.[5] The name of the village is thought to derive from the Old English of Hearpe-hām; the Salt-Harp village or farmstead. Although not on the coast, the proximity of the Holderness coastline is thought to be the influence of the salt.[6] Three Roman mosaics were found near Harpham in 1905, and three more were discovered in 1950. The first three are now in the Hull and East Riding Museum. They are simply patterned. One represented a rectangular maze, one of only five examples known in Roman mosaics in Britain.[7]

It is here that St John of Beverley was born in the 7th century;[8] he became the Bishop of Hexham as well as the Bishop of York.[9]

The church is dedicated to him and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966, and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[10] The Well of St. John, the local well, is named after him and is believed by many to have healing powers. The well is designated as a Grade II listed building.[11]

In 1823, Harpham was a civil parish in the Wapentake of Dickering. The St. Quintin family were lords of Harpham.[12] The foundations of the St. Quintin mansion were recorded as being to the west of the church. The church contains St. Quintin burials in the north aisle and a stained glass window to Sir William St Quintin, twenty-eighth in succession, who died in 1777.[13][14] Baines also notes the village as being wholly agricultural, with a population of 251. Occupations included eight farmers, two grocers, two shoemakers, a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a tailor, a butcher, and the landlord of the St. Quintin Arms public house. There was also a linen manufacturer. A carrier operated between the village and Bridlington once a week.[15] The nearest railway station was at Burton Agnes on the Hull to Scarborough line, but this closed in January 1970.[16] Now, the nearest station is at Driffield.[17]

The village gave its name to HMS Harpham, a Ham class minesweeper.[18]

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Harpham Parish (1170211193)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Harpham East Riding". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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    "295" (Map). Bridlington, Driffield & Hornsea. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24547-7.
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    UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Harpham Parish (00FB064)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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    "Harpham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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    Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 213, 221. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
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    Smith, David (2005). Roman Mosaics at Hull. p. 42. ISBN 0904490-34-3.
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    Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-86012-438-2.
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    Palliser, D. M. (23 September 2004). "John of Beverley [St John of Beverley]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14845. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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    Historic England. "Church of Saint John of Beverley (1083345)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  11. [11]
    Historic England. "Saint John's Well (1083346)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  12. [12]
    "Papers of the St Quintin family of Harpham and Scampston - Hull History Centre Catalogue". catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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    "Genuki: Harpham, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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    Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (2002). Yorkshire; York and the East Riding. London: Yale University Press. p. 450. ISBN 0-300-09-593-7.
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    Baines, Edward (1823). "History". Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. pp. 212–213.
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    Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's East Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 45. ISBN 9781840335521.
  17. [17]
    Somerville, Christopher (16 October 2010). "20 Autumn walks; 17 Kilham to Harpham". The Times. No. 70080. p. 159. ISSN 0140-0460.
  18. [18]
    Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1960). Jane's fighting ships, 1960-61. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 47. OCLC 32592771.
  • Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.
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