Thwing and Octon
| Thwing and Octon | |
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| Civil parish | |
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| Coordinates: 54°07′N 0°24′W / 54.117°N 0.400°WCoordinates: 54°07′N 0°24′W / 54.117°N 0.400°W | |
| Country | England |
| Primary council | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Status | Parish |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parish Council |
| • UK Parliament | East Yorkshire |
| • EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 203 |
Thwing and Octon (also known as Thwing) is a civil parish in the northern Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Thwing and Octon is about 8 miles (13 km) north of the town of Driffield, and a similar distance west of Bridlington on the Yorkshire coast. It rises from about 45 m (148 ft) in the north-east corner of the parish to a high point of 163 metres (535 ft) in the south-west. The parish covers an area of 1,628.644 hectares (4,024.47 acres).
The civil parish is sparsely populated, with, according to the 2011 UK census, a population of 203, the same as the 2001 UK census figure. The main settlements are the village of Thwing and the smaller hamlet of Octon. There are farmsteads at Octon Grange, The Wold Cottage, and Willy Howe farm. Land use is almost entirely agricultural, predominately enclosed fields. There is a private crematorium, East Riding Crematorium, at Octon Crossroads, built in 1997.
There is evidence of significant human activity in the area beginning in at least the Neolithic Era: at Paddock Hill 0.6 miles (1 km) north of Octon, evidence of a henge dating from the late Neolithic has been discovered from crop marks and by excavation. The same site also shows evidence of re-use and modification into a hill fort during the Bronze Age, including artefacts typical of the Urnfield culture, and evidence of bronze metalworking. The site was re-used during the Anglo-Saxon period and contained houses including a grubenhaus and large rectangular hall; there was a cemetery with at least 130 inhumations east of the Bronze Age earthwork. During the 1200s a post mill was constructed.
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