Little Weighton is a village in the

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, England. It is approximately south-west of

Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...

and west of Cottingham and forms part of the

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of Rowley. Old Village Road, Little Weighton

History

Domesday Book

Little Weighton was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Welton and the county of Yorkshire. It had a recorded population of 8.5 households in 1086, putting it in the smallest 40% of settlements recorded in Domesday (Nb: 8.5 households is an estimate, since multiple places are mentioned in the same entry). It is recorded: 16 villagers and 1 priest, 3 ploughlands, 2 lord's plough teams, 4 men's plough teams, 2 mills (value 16 shillings), 1 church. Annual value to lord was 2 pounds 10 shillings in 1086 and 2 pounds in 1066. The tenant-in-chief in 1086 was Hugh son of Baldric. The Lord in 1066 was Gamal, son of Osbert.

Later history

Little Weighton is supposed by some to have been the site of the famous battle of

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. On 14 April 1702 Jeremiah Northend was buried, aged 78, in Rowley. Aged 14, he had emigrated to Massachusetts with his Uncle Robert and cousin Ezekiel, with the dissenting community led by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, but returned to live in Little Weighton after nine years or so. In 1823 Little Weighton was in the civil parish of Rowley and the

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of Harthill. Occupations at the time included six farmers and

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, a shoemaker, a

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, a tailor, a shopkeeper and the

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of The Black Horse public house. A carrier operated between the village and Beverley and Hull once a week. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 363

Village today

The village contains a small shop (which acts as a post office), a Church of England primary school, a church, a retirement home, village hall, playing fields, a garage and the Black Horse

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. The 180 bus connects Little Weighton to villages in the local area as well as Cottingham and

. The village was served by the

Little Weighton railway station Little Weighton railway station was a station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway, and served the village of Little Weighton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land b ...

on the

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between 1885 and 1955.

Notable residents

Notable residents include former

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bassist

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and former

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players Stan McEwan and

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References

External links

* * {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire