__NOTOC__ Emmotland is a small hamlet in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to ...

, England. It forms part of the civil parish of North Frodingham. The hamlet consists of two farms at the end of a small access road.

West Beck West Beck is the common name given to the upper section of the old River Hull, as it rises in the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds. After reaching Frodingham Beck at Emmotland, it becomes called the River Hull. It is noteworthy for being the ...

joins the

Driffield Navigation The Driffield Navigation is an waterway, through the heart of the Holderness Plain to the market town of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The northern section of it is a canal, and the southern section is part of the River Hull. ...

at Emmotland.

History

When the

was built, a

towpath A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway. The purpose of a towpath is to allow a land vehicle, beasts of burden, or a team of human pullers to tow a boat, often a barge. This mode of transport w ...

bridge was placed over the West Beck near the junction. This bridge disappeared before 1980. One of the last acts of the Humberside County Council was to build a new footpath bridge over the West Beck. The bridge is a fixed structure, but has a high headroom. A mistake in the location of the bridge means that it lands on private property, and is dangerously close to the river. Since no further money is available the bridge has remained closed since its construction. In 1823 Emmotland was in the parish of Frodingham and the Wapentake and

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of Holderness. Occupations at the time included two farmers. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 202

Location

Emmotland is situated approximately north of Hempholme, and south-west of North Frodingham, and is on the North Frodingham Carrs and the Holderness plain.

Position of Emmotland on the Driffield Navigation

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Fisholme Fisholme is a small area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is situated between Brigham and Emmotland. The canal section of the Driffield Navigation leaves Frodingham Beck at this point. Location 0.7 miles south-east of Brigham ...

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Bethells Bridge Bethells Bridge, a swing bridge on the Driffield Navigation in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The bridge was built to access land cut off after a new section of canal was made. It is now home to many boat moorings, and popular with fishe ...

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= Corpslanding

References

* Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness {{EastRiding-geo-stub