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Coordinates: 53°59′06″N 0°39′27″W / 53.985033°N 0.657601°W / 53.985033; -0.657601
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Huggate
St Mary's Church, Huggate
Huggate is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Huggate
Huggate
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population342 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE881551
• London170 mi (270 km) S
Civil parish
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO42
Dialling code01377
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53°59′06″N 0°39′27″W / 53.985033°N 0.657601°W / 53.985033; -0.657601

Huggate is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Beverley town centre and 9 miles (14 km) west of Driffield town centre. The village of North Dalton lies 4 miles (6 km) to the south-east.

Huggate, the village pond

According to the 2011 UK census, Huggate parish had a population of 342,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 317.[2]

Huggate has one of the deepest wells in England. The village contains the Wolds Inn public house on the Driffield road.

The parish church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building.[3]

The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long distance footpath passes to the north of the village. There are walks through the local area.

History

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'Huggate' is derived possibly from road to or near the mounds from the Old Norse haugr and gata.[4]

In 1823 Huggate was a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. The parish church was under the patronage of the King; a Methodist chapel also existed. A well, 116 yards (106 m) deep, supplied the village with water. At the end of July each year were held races. Population at the time was 413, with occupations including fourteen farmers, one of whom was also a butcher, a carpenter, two shopkeepers, a tailor, and a shoemaker. The landlord of The Chaise Inn public house was also a blacksmith and gunsmith. The ecclesiastical parish rector and curate, and the vicar of the village of Warter resided in Huggate. A carrier operated between the village and Pocklington once a week.[5]

Huggate Wold airstrip

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To the north-west of the village, south of the A166 road is Huggate Wold.[6] In the early 1940s, the site was surveyed for a bomber base, and building nearly went ahead, but a better location was found further west, which became RAF Full Sutton.[7][8] However, in October 1943, the Royal Air Force created an airstrip from steel mesh at Huggate Wold to test the airstrip in preparation for the forthcoming invasion of Europe, which would require 'pop-up' airfields. Two RAF squadrons, 168 sqn and 170 sqn, both equipped with North American Mustang aircraft under the control of No. 123 Airfield Headquarters, spent a week at the temporary airfield continually landing and taking-off so that the steel mesh airstrip could be assessed. It also gave the pilots and ground crew the experience of using the steel mesh airstrip in a field with no facilities.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Huggate Parish (1170211205)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Huggate Parish (00FB076)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1084147)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198527589.
  5. ^ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 224.
  6. ^ "Huggate Wold - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK". www.abct.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ^ Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (1982). Action stations. Cambridge: Stephens. p. 95. ISBN 0-85059-532-0.
  8. ^ Otter, Patrick (2003). Yorkshire airfields in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 129. ISBN 1-85306-542-0.
  9. ^ Delve, Ken (2006). Northern England : Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. Ramsbury: Crowood. p. 144. ISBN 1-86126-809-2.
  10. ^ Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (1982). Action stations. Cambridge: Stephens. p. 96. ISBN 0-85059-532-0.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.
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