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| Name | Catfoss |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.918°N 0.267°W |
| Located in | East Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England |
| See also | Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Holderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which the parish was located | | Skirlaugh Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Seaton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | parish into which it was absorbed in 1935 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Catfoss is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) west of the town of Hornsea. Catfoss Lane, between Catfoss and Brandesburton, is the location of the former RAF Catfoss, an World War II airfield, which is now home to a variety of businesses.
Catfoss forms part of the civil parish of Seaton.
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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Catfoss from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72: :"CATFOSS, a township in Sigglesthorne parish, [East Riding of Yorkshire] ; 4¼ miles W of Hornsea. Acres: 1,050. Real property: £1,266. Population: 68. Houses: 8.
Catfoss was originally a township in the ancient parish of Sigglesthore in the Holderness Wapentake. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 it joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 Catfoss was absorbed into the parish of Seaton.
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Holderness
This is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the Yorkshire Wolds. The Prime Meridian passes through Holderness just to the east of Patrington.
From 1974 to 1996 Holderness lay within the Borough of Holderness in the short-lived county of Humberside. Holderness was the name of an ancient administrative area called a wapentake until the 19th century, when its functions were replaced by other local government bodies, particularly after the 1888 Local Government Act and the 1894 Local Government Act. The city of Kingston upon Hull lies in the southwest corner of Holderness and the town of Bridlington borders the northeast, but both are usually considered to be outside Holderness. The main towns include Beverley, Withernsea, Hornsea and Hedon. The Holderness Coast stretches from Flamborough Head to Spurn Head.
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Categories: East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Catfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Holderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Skirlaugh Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Seaton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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