High Catton is a village and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Catton, in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England. It is situated approximately north-west of the
market town
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of
Pocklington
Pocklington is a market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 8,337. It is east of York and northwest of Hull.
The town's sk ...
and about south of the village of
Stamford Bridge Stamford Bridge may refer to:
* Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England
** Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066
* Stamford Bridge (bridge), a bridge in the village of Stamford Bridge
* Stamford Bridge (stadium), in L ...
. The village of
Low Catton and the
River Derwent are 1 mile to the west. In 1931 the parish had a population of 174. From 1866 High Catton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Low Catton to form "Catton".
![High Catton 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/High_Catton_1.jpg)
In 1823 High Catton was in the civil parish of Low Catton. Population at the time was 198. Occupations included eleven farmers, a tailor, a joiner & carpenter, a
wheelwright
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, and the
landlord
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of Woodpecker Lass
public house
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. There were also three
yeomen
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. Two carriers operated between the village and
York
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once a week.
[ Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 185]
References
*
The Victoria County History; Yorkshire: East Riding. Vol 3, edited by K.J.Allison, 1976.
Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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