Faxfleet

History

There is evidence of Roman activity in the area, and it has been suggested that Faxfleet was the site of a small port. The name is first recorded in a Knights Templar document from 1185 as Faxflete; there is no record in the Domesday Book of a settlement at Faxfleet. The first element is possibly a personal name, Faxi, of Old Norse origin, or it is possibly from Feax, an Old English word meaning coarse grass. The suffix of fleet, indicates a river channel, or beck. Faxfleet was the location of the Faxfleet Preceptory, a former community of the Knights Templar, the only preceptory of this order in the East Riding. It was one of Yorkshire's principal preceptories, valued at more than £290 (equivalent to £ in ) when it was closed in 1308. The manor was inherited in 1311 by Joanna, widow of Alexander Comyn.

In 1823 Faxfleet was listed as in the Wapentake of Harthill. Population was 163, with occupations including three farmers and a brick & tile maker. There was a gentleman who lived at the Hall, and two yeomen.

Faxfleet was formerly a township in the parish of South Cave, from 1866 Faxfleet was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Blacktoft.

Faxfleet lies within the constituency of Goole and Pocklington.

Population

Since 1935, the hamlet has been within the civil parish of Blacktoft, which at the 2011 census, had a population of 322.

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