| Name | Waxholme |
| Alt names | Washam | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 309 | | Wassham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 309 | | Wassum | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 309 | | Waxham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 309 |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.746°N 0.011°W |
| Located in | East Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England |
| See also | Owthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | parish in which it was a township until 1866 | | Holderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which the parish was located | | Patrington Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | parish into which it was absorbed in 1935 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia which describes Waxholme since the changes of 1974 and 1996
Waxholme is now a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Withernsea, off the B1242 road.
Since 1935 it has formed part of the civil parish of Rimswell.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Waxholme from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WAXHOLME, a township in Owthorne parish, [East Riding of Yorkshire]; on the coast, 5½ miles NNE of Patrington. Acres: 746; of which 213 are water. Real property: £801. Population: 84. Houses: 17."
Waxholme was originally an ecclesiastical parish in the parish of Owthorne in Holderness Wapentake. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 it joined the Patrington Rural District. In 1935 Waxholme parish was abolished and the area was absorbed into Rimswell which was transferred to the Holderness Rural District.
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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.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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