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The older part of Fangfoss village lies just east of the road from Full Sutton to Pocklington and is reached by a short side lane. A small triangular green, with the church and Fangfoss Hall (fn. 15) to the east and the old school to the west, forms the centre of the village. It may be the remnant of a larger green: encroachment on the lord's waste and the enlargement of gardens were recorded in the late 18th century, (fn. 16) and several of the houses around the green now have large front gardens. The 18th- and 19th-century houses near by include the mid-19thcentury Manor House Farm. (fn. 17) Other houses, of the 19th and 20th centuries, lie along the Belthorpe lane and the roads which meet at the village; they include 20 council houses. In the 18th century there were one or two licensed houses in Fangfoss. (fn. 18) The Carpenter's Arms, mentioned from 1823, (fn. 19) still exists.
The hamlet of Spittal consists of about ten houses, including four council houses, on the Pocklington road ½ mile south of Fangfoss. There are two outlying farms in the parish, dating from after the 18th-century inclosure. A third, Field House, was demolished when the airfield was built. Former airfield buildings still stand near the Full Sutton road.
In 1203 William son of Thomas held 18 bovates and other land in Fangfoss as demesne lord under William son of Ralph. (fn. 51) Thomas son of William of Belthorpe subinfeudated all his Fangfoss property, apparently comprising only about 5 bovates, to John of Selby in 1252. (fn. 52) Hugh son of Nicholas of Selby was dealing in property in Fangfoss between 1308 and 1338, (fn. 53) but the property was not subsequently mentioned. It may have passed to the Percy family as demesne lords by the early 15th century.
Fangfoss Hall, a square three-storeyed house of dark brown brick, is said to have been built in 1766. (fn. 78) The interior was partly refitted about 1840 and again after its division in 1957. The house may stand on or near the site of an earlier house, mentioned, with Hallgarth close, in 1563 and again in 1620. (fn. 79) A long fish pond near by may have been part of an earlier moat, but by the 19th century it had apparently become an ornamental pond in the small park which lay to the east of the house. (fn. 80) The 18thcentury carriage approach is to the west front, and there are 18th- and 19th-century farm buildings and stables on the north-west.
In the late 11th or early 12th century Robert son of Ulf of Grimthorpe gave land in Fangfoss to the Hospitallers; in 1212 the estate comprised 12 bovates and was held of William son of Ralph, a member of the donor's family. (fn. 81) A hospital had apparently been built there by 1267 and may still have existed in the 1350s. (fn. 82) The Hospitallers held the estate, called FANGFOSS SPITTAL manor in 1507, (fn. 83) until the Dissolution, when it comprised 6 bovates and meadow land. (fn. 84) The order briefly regained its property in 1558. (fn. 85) Some meadow land was sold in the 1540s to William Ramsden (fn. 86) and was quitclaimed to Robert Appleton in 1572. (fn. 87) The rest of the estate was let by the Crown, generally for short terms, in the later 16th century. (fn. 88) King's Garth, the alternative name for Spittal Bridge close in the 19th century, may refer to this period of Crown occupation. (fn. 89) No more is known of the estate.
The rectorial house, mentioned from 1638, was the largest in the village, with four hearths, in 1672. (fn. 107) It presumably stood on the site of the later Manor House Farm, where there was certainly a house by 1798. (fn. 108) The present house is a yellow-brick building of the late 19th century.
The open fields contained 64 bovates in 1563, of which 159 a. lay in North field, 116 a. in West field, 36 a. in East field, and 31 a. in South field. (fn. 116) North field probably incorporated the 13th-century 'Goltorp' or Gowthorpe flats, and an area towards Gowthorpe is still called the Flats. There were 185 a. of common meadow land. Bramer, beside Spittal beck to the south of the village, contained 98 a., the carr, lying east of the settlement, (fn. 117) 53 a., the Breke 30 a., and Lady meadow or ing, in the north of the parish, 5 a. (fn. 118) Bramer and the carr were divided into several furlongs, two of those in the carr called 'stinting furlongs'. A wand or measure 7 ft. 5 in. long was used to apportion the meadows among the villagers. Stinted rough pasture was provided by the 120-acre common moor in the west of the parish, adjoining the commons of Catton, Full Sutton, and Gowthorpe. A 50-acre Ox pasture, lying between the moor and Spittal beck, was stinted by the manorial court of Grimthorpe.
In 1537 there were some 20 holdings on Lord Dacre's manor. Eight freeholds included 3 bovates of land, and a further 30 bovates were held by 8 tenants-at-will with 2-5 bovates each. The tenantsat-will also included 2 cottagers and other men holding only meadow. The manor was worth nearly £26 a year. In 1563 Lord Dacre had 30 of the 64 bovates in the parish. Open fields and meadows were shared by 30 freeholders and tenants, 12 of whom had no open-field land. Henry Darcy had 121 a., and there were 10 holdings of 20-50 a., 7 of 5-19 a., and 12 of less than 5 a.
The open fields and other common lands were inclosed in 1723 after agreement between the landowners, (fn. 121) and the award was ratified by an Act of 1726. (fn. 122) Of the 1,159 a. allotted 273 a. lay in High field, 150 a. in Middlegate field, 141 a. in East field, 118 a. in Between-the-towns field, 95 a. in Bramer, 222 a. in the moor, and 160 a. in the common pasture. High field was the former North field, Middlegate field the former West field, and Betweenthe-towns field, situated between Fangfoss and Bolton, the former South field. The township also contained about 170 a. of old inclosure in 1723, including several pieces of meadow. (fn. 123) Other meadow land was included in the open fields, and Between-the-towns field contained land called common carr, carr acres, and St. James's ing. As in other parishes, part of the common moor may have been separated from the rest as a place to confine animals, for the Hold was among the allotments in 1723. By the award Charles, earl of Carlisle, received 560 a. for his freehold estate, as well as 80 a. as lessee of the rectorial glebe. George Overend was awarded 223 a., while five other members of his family received allotments ranging from 4 a. to 48 a. and amounting in all to 128 a. There were only 5 other allotments, 2 of 70-90 a. and 3 of 3 a. each.
Overseers' accounts for the period 1769-1837 reveal that parish poorhouses were being built or repaired in the 1790s. (fn. 138) In 1869 the site of two cottages sold by the overseers was used for a schoolmaster's house. (fn. 139) Fangfoss joined Pocklington poor-law union in 1836 (fn. 140) and Pocklington rural district in 1894. (fn. 141) It became part of the North Wolds district of Humberside in 1974.
A house at Fangfoss was registered for dissenting worship in 1777, (fn. 191) and the Methodists had 17 members there in 1787 and between 8 and 23 in 1788-1816. (fn. 192) A small Wesleyan chapel and school-house were built opposite the church in 1836-7, (fn. 193) and replaced by a larger chapel on a new site in 1865. (fn. 194) The latter closed in 1974. In the mid 19th century 10-12 Primitive Methodists were meeting in a cottage, (fn. 195) but in 1865 they built a chapel on the Pocklington road. (fn. 196) Later called Canaan chapel, (fn. 197) it had closed by 1947. (fn. 198) It was used as a workshop in 1974.
The Poor's Money comprised gifts at unknown dates of £4 10s. from Robert and Mary Dealtry, £2 from Priscilla Beaumont, £2 10s. from Mary Overend, and 10s. each from Edward Catton and an unknown donor. (fn. 213) The Dealtry and Beaumont gifts may date from the 17th century. (fn. 214) The £10 capital was entrusted to the overseers, who used it to make weekly cash payments. By 1824, however, £5 had been lost (fn. 215) and no more is heard of the charity.
2. P.N.E.R. Yorks. (E.P.N.S.), 3, 185.
3. O.S. Map 6", Yorks. (1854 edn.). The parish appears on sheets 175-6.
5. E.R.R.O., IA. Fangfoss (typescript copy).
6. Geol. Surv. Map 1", solid and drift, sheet 63 (1967 edn.).
7. O.S. Map 6" (1854 edn.).
9. Public Works in Med. Law, ii (Selden Soc. xl), 336-7.
10. The contemporary 'Damalicebrig', which has been identified with Spittal bridge, was probably near Foggathorpe: Pub. Works in Med. Law, ii. 336-9; P.N.E.R. Yorks. 185.
11. E.R.R.O., IA. Fangfoss; B.I.H.R., TA. 167S.
12. K. A. MacMahon, Beginnings of E. Yorks. Rlys. (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. Ser. iii), 14.
13. Yorks. Eve. Press, 20 Oct. 1965.
14. See plate facing p. 161.
20. E 179/202/59 m. 65.
23. B.I.H.R., Bp. V. 1764/Ret. 178; Herring's Visit. i. 220.
24. V.C.H. Yorks. iii. 493.
26. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 197.
27. C 132/24 no. 6.
28. Cal. Inq. p.m. vi, p. 26.
29. Complete Peerage, i. 356.
30. Percy Charty. (Sur. Soc. cxvii), 43-4, 151.
31. Feud. Aids, vi. 168.
32. e.g. Cal. Inq. p.m. vi, pp. 25-6, 304; xiv, pp. 77-8; Yorks. Inq. v. 143; see above p. 151.
33. S.C. 6/Hen. VIII/4283-6; J. M. W. Bean, Estates of Percy Family, 1416-1537, 154.
34. Cal. Pat. 1557-8, 179-80; 1560-3, 394; Yorks. Fines, i. 271; ii. 174.
35. E.Y.C. i, pp. 348-9.
36. Cal. Pat. 1391-6, 190.
37. Feud. Aids, vi. 168.
38. C 139/76 no. 34; Cal. Inq. p.m. vi, p. 304; xiv, pp. 77-8; Yorks. Inq. v. 143; Complete Peerage, s.v. Greystoke and FitzWilliam.
39. Complete Peerage, s.v. Dacre of Gilsland; Miscellaneas iv (Y.A.S. Rec. Ser. xciv), 105.
40. Castle Howard MS., Box 24, Survey of Estates, 1563.
41. V.C.H. Yorks. E.R. ii. 193; Complete Peerage, s.v. Dacre of Gilsland, and Carlisle.
42. R.D.B., BU/210/325; E.R.R.O., DDHB/57/199; C.P. 25(2)/1083 no. 31; C.P. 25(2)/1086/13 Geo. I Hil. [no. 7 from end].
43. R.D.B., BW/571/818; BX/87/151-2; /88/153; BZ/87/ 119.
45. E. Y.C. ii, p. 175.
46. Yorks. Fines, John (Sur. Soc. xciv), p. 79.
47. Yorks. Fines, 1272-1300, p. 47; Feud. Aids, vi. 38.
48. Cat. Anct. D. iii, D 454.
49. Yorks. Fines, John, p. 79.
50. Yorks. Fines, 1272-1300, p. 47.
51. Yorks. Fines, John, p. 79.
52. Yorks. Fines, 1246-72, p. 80. Thomas was, no doubt mistakenly, returned as tenant of 18 bovates held of Pocklington c. 1260: C 132/24 no. 6.
53. Yorks. Fines, 1327-47, p. 120.
55. Cal. Pat. 1401-5, 254.
56. C.P. 25(1)/280/159 nos. 37-8.
57. Cal. Close, 1468-76, pp. 116, 128.
58. K.B. 27/872 rot. 42.
59. Cal. Close, 1476-85, p. 342; V.C.H. Yorks. i. 452-3; iii. 360-1.
60. Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, i, pp. 202-3.
62. E 318/Box 6/222; Cal. Pat. 1550-3, 284.
63. Castle Howard MS., Box 24, Survey of Estates, 1563; N. Country Wills, ii (Sur. Soc. cxxi), 30.
66. Ibid. DN/53/55; FQ/114/135; see p. 165.
67. Ibid. FQ/114/135; E.R.R.O., DDCV/57/8.
68. R.D.B., DM/88/106; FL/28/34; GM/326/421.
70. Ibid. KX/380/504; /384/506; Ed. 7/135 no. 50.
71. R.D.B., MU/207/312; 11/107/107 (1886).
72. Ibid. 53/308/301 (1903); 146/61/56; /62/57; /79/74; /85/79; /218/195; 147/19/15; 149/101/94; /552/489.
77. Ibid. 1076/20/19; 1140/313/279; /418/368.
78. Bulmer, Dir. E. Yorks. (1892), 612. For illus. see E. Yorks. Georgian Soc. Trans. iv (2), fig. 13; Yorks. Life, Oct.-Dec. 1951, 266-8.
79. C 142/415 no. 34; Castle Howard MS., Survey of Estates, 1563.
81. E.Y.C. i, pp. 348-9; Yorks, Fines, John, p. 170; Cur. Reg. R. vi. 361.
82. V.C.H. Yorks. iii. 308; Yorks. Deeds, vi, p. 168.
83. C.P. 40/982 rot. 705.
84. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 104; Cal. Inq. p.m. vi, p. 30; Miscellanea, iv. 104.
85. Cal. Pat. 1557-8, 318-19.
86. E 318/Box 18/919 mm. 7-8, 10.
88. e.g. E 309/Box 7/24 Eliz. 1/11 no. 5; /Box 8/27 Eliz. 1/9; E 310/31/183 no. 85; /32/194 no. 68.
90. Rot. Hund. i. 104.
91. Castle Howard MS., Survey of Estates, 1563; E.R.R.O., IA. Fangfoss; B.I.H.R., TA. 167S.
93. Minster Libr., D. & C. Archives, S 1 (2) f, ff. 5, 15.
94. C 94/3 f. 57; T.E.R.A.S. ii. 48.
95. Ibid.; Minster Libr., D. & C. Arch., S 1 (2) f, ff. 5, 15; S 1 (1) e, f. 38d.; B.I.H.R., CC. DY. Fangfoss; TER. I. Fangfoss 1690; E.R.R.O., IA. Fangfoss.
98. E.R.R.O., DPX/50; Castle Howard MS., Survey of Estates, 1563.
101. Lond. Gaz. 19 July 1844, p. 2499.
106. Ibid. 834/43/31; 1172/478/429; 1266/53/49.
107. E 179/205/504; Minster Libr., D. & C. Arch., S 1 (2) f, f. 5.
109. Yorks. Fines, John, p. 79.
110. C 134/82 no. 7.
111. C 135/240 no. 11.
112. Bk. of Fees, i. 246.
113. Cal. Inq. p.m. vi, p. 30.
114. C 134/82 no. 7.
115. C 135/240 no. 11.
116. The following paragraphs are based on Dacre surveys: Castle Howard MSS., Surveys of Estates, 1537, 1563.
118. Ibid.; E.R.R.O., DDHV/11/1; /24/2.
122. 12 Geo. I, c. 5 (Priv. Act).
123. E.R.R.O., DPX/50; B.I.H.R., TA. 167S.
129. [1st] Land Util. Surv. Map, sheet 27; 2nd Land Util. Surv. Map, sheet 709 (SE 65-75).
130. White, Dir. E. & N.R. Yorks. 237.
132. Yorks. Fines, John, p. 170; Yorks. Fines, 1246-72, p. 80.
133. Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 225.
134. C.P. 40/982 rot. 705.
136. E.R.R.O., DDCV/71/1a-b, 2, 4-6.
138. Overseers' acct. bk., penes the vicar, 1974.
139. R.D.B., KE/417/585; see p. 170.
140. 3rd Rep. Poor Law Com. 169.
145. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1684 etc.
146. Lawton, Rer. Eccl. Dioc. Ebor. 338.
148. Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues, 932.
149. Lond. Gaz. 30 Oct. 1860, p. 3913.
151. C 94/3 f. 57.
152. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1690.
153. Ibid. TA. 167S; E.R.R.O., IA. Fangfoss; see p. 167.
154. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1690.
156. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1853, 1857.
157. Ibid. 1877; R.D.B., HF/9/14.
158. R.D.B., 181/110/95; 223/250/205; 287/292/235; 1515/151/141.
159. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1684, 1690; Barmby Moor 1716.
160. Ibid. CC. EC. 11/57.
161. Cal. Pat. 1563-6, p. 475.
162. C 94/3 f. 57; Y.A.J. xviii. 317; see above p. 168.
163. B.I.H.R., Bp. V. 1894/Ret.; Bulmer, Dir. E. Yorks. (1892), 611-12; see above p. 145.
165. Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues, 932.
166. Y.A.J. xviii. 221, 228, 232, 317.
167. Herring's Visit, i. 220.
169. B.I.H.R., V. 1865/Ret. 37.
170. Ibid. Ch. Ret. s.v. Barmby Moor and Fangfoss.
171. Ex inf. the vicar, 1974.
172. Y.A.J. xviii. 221, 338.
173. Yorks. Gaz. 10 Aug. 1850.
175. T. Allen, Hist. Co. York, iii. 412.
176. B.I.H.R., Ch. Ret.; H.O. 129/23/516; Y.A.J. xxii. 253-5; Yorks. Gaz. 14 Oct. 1848, 10 Aug. 1850.
178. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1825, 1853.
179. 11th Rep. Com. Char. 730.
181. B.I.H.R., TER. I. Fangfoss 1777; Herring's Visit. i. 220.
182. B.I.H.R., Bp. V. 1764/Ret. 178; 11th Rep. Com. Char. 731.
183. B.I.H.R., Ch. Ret. s.v. Fangfoss and Barmby Moor.
184. Char. Com. files; R.D.B., 1145/493/445; 1357/488/ 441.
185. Fangfoss par. rec. penes the vicar; ex inf. the vicar, 1974.
186. Inventories of Ch. Goods, 82; Boulter, 'Ch. Bells', 26.
187. B.I.H.R., V. 1865/Ret. 37; W. D. Wood Rees, Hist. of Barmby Moor (Pocklington, priv. print. 1911), 49.
188. Inventories of Ch. Goods, 82; Yorks. Ch. Plate, i. 248.
189. Penes the vicar, 1974. Several earlier entries are illegible.
190. York. Dioc. Regy., Consecration deed.
191. G.R.O. Worship Returns, Vol. v, no. 465; B.I.H.R., Fac. Bk. ii, p. 161.
193. H.O. 129/23/516; O.S. Map 6" (1854 edn.).
195. H.O. 129/23/516; B.I.H.R., V. 1865/Ret. 37.
196. G.R.O. Worship Reg. no. 17268.
197. E.R.R.O., MRP/5/3; ex inf. Mrs. E. Wilkinson, Wilberfoss, 1974.
198. G.R.O. Worship Reg. no. 17268.
199. Educ. of Poor Digest, 1080.
200. Educ. Enquiry Abstract, 1084.
201. H.O. 129/23/516; Ed. 7/135 no. 50.
202. Rep. of Educ. Cttee. of Council, 1862-3 , p. 513, H.C. (1863), xlvii.
205. Returns relating to Elem. Educ. 794.
206. Bd. of Educ. List 21 (H.M.S.O.).
207. E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1951-2, 225; 1971-2, 59, 217-18.
208. Ex inf. Chief Educ. Officer, County Hall, Beverley, 1974.
209. 11th Rep. Com. Char. 730.
210. Churchwardens' accts. 1883-1929, penes the vicar, 1974.
211. Ex inf. Char. Com., Liverpool, 1974.
212. Ex inf. Mr. J. Thompson, Fangfoss, 1974.
213. 11th Rep. Com. Char. 730.
214. C 94/3 f. 57; C 142/415 no. 34.
215. 11th Rep. Com. Char. 730.
219. 11th Rep. Com. Char. 730.

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