Little Hatfield

Little Hatfield
Little Hatfield
Little Hatfield is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Little Hatfield
Little Hatfield
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceTA173432
• London160 mi (260 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHULL
Postcode districtHU11
Dialling code01964
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°52′20″N 0°12′58″W / 53.872273°N 0.215976°W / 53.872273; -0.215976

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]

  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.