Place:Little Hatfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name of parish	Little Hatfield
Type of place	township, civil parish
Ancient parish	Sigglesthorne
Wapentake	Holderness
First Rural District	Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred	Hatfield
:the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia Little Hatfield is now a small hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Hornsea town centre, and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Great Hatfield. In 1823 Little Hatfield was in the civil parish of Sigglesthorne, and in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Population at the time was 25. The village was a civil parish until 1935, when it was merged with Goxhill and Great Hatfield to form the parish of Hatfield. Little Hatfield was served from 1864 to 1964 by Sigglesthorne railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway. end of Wikipedia contribution

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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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