Catfoss is a hamlet in the civil parish of Seaton, in Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of the town of Hornsea. The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having ten villagers, six ploughlands, and meadows covering 24 acres (9.7 ha). the name derives from two elements; the first is a personal name (Catta) and the second is a common word for a stream or watercourse in Northern England (Foss). Catfoss Lane, between Catfoss and Brandesburton, is the location of the former RAF Catfoss, an airfield which is now home to a variety of businesses.
Light industry at Catfoss Lane
Catfoss was formerly a township in the parish of Sigglesthorne, in 1866 Catfoss became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Seaton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 197.
References
^Delve, Ken (2006). The Military Airfields of Britain: Northern England. Marlborough: Crowood. p. 74. ISBN1-86126-809-2.
^Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN0-19-869103-3.
^Delve, Ken (2006). The Military Airfields of Britain: Northern England. Marlborough: Crowood. p. 77. ISBN1-86126-809-2.
^"Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2023. On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time.
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