Place:Goodmanham, Yorkshire, England

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NameGoodmanham
Alt namesGudmundhamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 306
TypeVillage
Coordinates53.868°N 0.66°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England    
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Goodmanham (alias Godmundin Gaham) is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the north-east of Market Weighton. The village is situated on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long distance footpath. According to the 2001 UK census, Goodmanham parish had a population of 218.

It was a parish in the wapentake of Harthill.

The village is built in a favourable position on a south-facing slope of the Yorkshire Wolds between two streams. It has a copious supply of water from numerous springs and naturally occurring limestone for building. The land is extraordinarily fertile in this region and people have lived here since prehistoric times.

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