Flixton, North Yorkshire
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Flixton is a village in
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, England. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the
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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the
Borough of Scarborough The Borough of Scarborough () was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey. It bordere ...
, it is now administered by the unitary
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. There is a public house, the Foxhound Inn.


History

The area was known to have been settled by humans in the
Mesolithic era The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...
, roughly around 15,000 to 5,000  BP. Evidence of Mesolithic settlers exist at nearby
Star Carr Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England. It is around five miles () south of Scarborough. It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Great Britain. It is as important to ...
, and the post-glacial watercourse of Lake Flixton, which was north of the village. Archaeological excavations in the area have discovered ceremonial mace-heads made from pebble, flints, and ochre crayons believed to be 10,000 years old. During the reign of
Æthelstan Æthelstan or Athelstan (; ; ; ; – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern histori ...
(924-939), a hospital was built in the settlement "for the preservation of persons travelling that way, that they might not be destroyed by wolves and other wild beasts then abounding in that neighbourhood...." The hospital possessed a chapel and was rebuilt in 1447, though by 1535 it had been abandoned and farmland now occupies the site. Flixton is mentioned in the
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as ''Fleustone''; having three villagers, 37 ploughlands, and one church. The name derives from a combination of Old Danish and Old English, ''Flīks-tũn''; literally the town of Flic's people. Originally in the East Riding
wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County in the British Colony of ...
of Dickering, it was later transferred into North Yorkshire during the county boundary changes of 1974. The village is on the
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connecting the A64 with
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near
Filey Filey () is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located between Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough and Bridlington on Filey Bay. Although it was a fishing village, it has a large ...
. Flixton is north-west of
Hunmanby Hunmanby is a large village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was in the Scarborough (borough), Scarborough district of the shire county of North Yorkshire. ...
, and west of Folkton. Historically, its nearest railway station was at on the
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, but this closed in 1930. The nearest railway station now is at , to the north. There is one Guest House, Orchard Lodge, which has won national and local awards, and the Foxhound Inn, which also serves as a fish and chip shop. All other amenities, post office, shop and bus service, have been lost in the 2010s. Folkton & Flixton C.C., the local cricket club, for the villages of Flixton and Folkton, won the national
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at
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in 2018. At the 2011 Census, the population of the village was recorded in that of the entire Folkton Parish, which had 535 residents.


See also

* Listed buildings in Folkton *
Star Carr Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England. It is around five miles () south of Scarborough. It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Great Britain. It is as important to ...


References


External links


Folkton Parish Council website
{{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire