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Catwick

Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
label_position	left
official_name	Catwick
population	240
population_ref	(2011 census)
civil_parish	Catwick
unitary_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster	Beverley and Holderness
post_town	BEVERLEY
postcode_district	HU17
postcode_area	HU
dial_code	01964
os_grid_reference	TA131454
london_distance_mi	165
london_direction	S

Catwick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7.5 mi north-east of Beverley town centre and 5 mi west of Hornsea town centre. It lies on the A1035 road (formerly B1244) from Leven to Hornsea.

The civil parish is formed by the village of Catwick and the hamlet of Little Catwick. According to the 2011 UK Census, Catwick parish had a population of 240,{{NOMIS2011

The name Catwick derives from the Old English Cattawīc meaning 'Catta's trading settlement'.

Catwick is one of only five Thankful Villages in Yorkshire – those rare places that suffered no fatalities during the First World War. It is also considered "doubly thankful", in that it lost no service personnel during the Second World War.{{cite web

The church dedicated to St Michael was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

In 1823 Catwick was in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The living of the ecclesiastical parish and St Michael's Church was under the patronage of the King. Population at the time was 190. Occupations included five farmers and a corn miller. Three yeomen resided in the village. A carrier operated between Catwick and Hull and Beverley once a week.

References

"Key to English Place-names".
Thorpe, Norman. "The Thankful Villages". Hellfire corner.
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[[Edward Baines (1774–1848). Baines, Edward]] (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', pp. 185, 186

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