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The parish is largely on boulder clay and much of the ground exceeds 15 m. above sea level. Along the coast the higher ground ends in an unbroken line of steep cliffs, and at Arram, where the land rises to 24 m., it provided the site of the hamlet. Lower land in the west is partly alluvial, and small deposits of lacustrine clay mark the sites of former meres. (fn. 10) At Atwick the higher ground north and south of the village was mostly occupied by the open fields and the lower ground in the west by common meadows and pastures; the commonable lands there were inclosed in 1772.
The principal road in the parish, from Hornsea to Skipsea, has been upgraded and improved as part of the main Holderness coast road. From the village a minor road leads west to Bewholme, whence others run south and east through Arram to Seaton and Hornsea respectively.
ARRAM. At Arram there is thought to have been a medieval settlement, of unknown size, lying north of Arram Hall, which was built in the 17th century and by the mid 18th was the only remaining building. (fn. 18) Little Arram Farm, added between 1828 and 1852, (fn. 19) was rebuilt c. 1990.
The estate was later divided between Thomas's three daughters. Constance Sutton's second husband, Sir John Godard, held "⅓" of the manor at his death in 1420, (fn. 32) and her share passed to the Ughtreds by the marriage of the Godards' daughter Margaret to Thomas Ughtred. That share then descended in the Ughtreds to Sir Robert Ughtred, who in 1527 sold it, as Atwick manor, to Cardinal Wolsey. (fn. 33) After Wolsey's attainder the estate was granted to Sir Marmaduke Constable in 1535. (fn. 34) It descended in the Constables of Everingham to Sir Philip Constable, Bt., who in 1653 sold the estate, containing c. 120 a., to John Rushworth. (fn. 35) That share of the manor has not been traced further.
From Thomas Sutton's daughter Agnes, wife of Sir Ralph Bulmer (d. 1406) and Sir Edmund Hastings (d. 1448), "⅓" of Atwick manor descended to the Bulmers. (fn. 41) Sir Ralph had also inherited 2 carucates and 2 bovates, part of the Ros fee at Atwick, from his father Ralph (d. 1366). (fn. 42) John Bulmer (d. 1537) forfeited the estate for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace, but it was restored to his son Sir Ralph (d. 1558). The "⅓" share was divided between his daughters, one of whom, Anne Welbury, sold her interest to George Creswell in 1575. (fn. 43) Creswell had bought the shares of the other daughters, Frances Constable, Joan Cholmeley, and Millicent Grey by 1585. (fn. 44) At his death in 1592 Creswell's estate at Atwick included 15 houses and evidently comprised land of both the Ros and Aumale fees. (fn. 45) In 1613 the estate was divided and sold by George's son Ralph Creswell and Ralph's son George. (fn. 46) Part bought by Thomas Acklam may have descended to Jonathan Acklam, who was awarded 140 a. at inclosure in 1772. (fn. 47) The Bulmers' share of the manor has not been traced further.
Arram Hall was built in the early 17th century, possibly by Nicholas Waller. (fn. 68) It is of red brick with black brick diapering to the upper storey and has shaped end-gables and a twostoried porch with a broken segmental brick pediment to the doorway. The house was enlarged in the 19th or 20th century with two lower wings and bay windows, and the interior has been remodelled. It retains an 18th-century staircase.
The commonable lands of Atwick village were inclosed by an award of 1772 under an Act of 1769. (fn. 104) There were 1,436 a. to be dealt with. Allotments made totalled 1,405 a., and 3 a. of old inclosures were involved in exchanges. Allotments amounting to 472 a. were made from South field, 169 a. from North field, 144 a. from Mask, and 26 a. from Criftins. St. John's college, Cambridge, received 238 a., Humphrey Osbaldeston 199 a., and the Revd. William Mason 163 a. There were also three allotments of 100–149 a., three of 50–99 a., five of 15–49 a., and four of 1 a. each.
1. This article was written in 1991.
2. P.N. Yorks. E.R. (E.P.N.S.), 79–80; G. F. Jensen, Scand. Settlement Names in Yorks. 76, 86, 117, 179, 190, 215.
3. O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXX, CXCVII (1854–5 edn.).
4. Census, 1911, 1991; T. Sheppard, Lost Towns of Yorks. Coast, 188.
5. P.R.O., E/179/202/60, mm. 49, 66. Below, Nunkeeling, intro.
6. Trans. R. Hist. S. n.s. vi, pp. 288–9; vii, p. 251.
8. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1, no. 33; Herring's Visit. i, p. 36.
9. V.C.H. Yorks. iii. 495; Census, 1911–91.
10. Geol. Surv. Map 1", drift, sheets 65, 73 (1909 edn.).
11. Poulson, Holderness, i. 120–1.
13. R.D.B., 588/308/227; 892/330/271; 957/405/355; 1413/406/369; inf. from Mrs. B. Vickerton, Atwick, 1992.
14. Camb., St. John's Coll., MS. SBF2.120; O.S. Map 1/25,000, TA 15 (1953 edn.); inf. from Mr. C. Hornby, Atwick, 1992.
15. Inf. from Devt. Dept., Holderness B.C., 1991.
16. E.R.A.O., QDT/2/6, 9; directories.
17. E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1962–3, 33; 1972–3, 166; inf. from Mrs. S. Heald, Atwick, 1992.
18. T. Jefferys, Map of Yorks. (1772); below, manors.
19. H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828); O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXX (1855 edn.).
20. R.D.B., 270/512/450; T. Jefferys, Map of Yorks. (1772); H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828).
21. Inf. from Mr. Goodwin, Low Skirlington, 1992 and 2000.
22. E.R.A.O., PC/14/1; H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828); O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXX (1855 edn.).
23. E.R.A.O., LT/9/54; J. Nicholson, Beacons of E. Yorks. 28–9; H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828).
24. Camb., St. John's Coll., MSS. D333.27; SBF2.120; B. Halpenny, Action Sta.: 4 Military Airfields of Yorks. 25.
25. R.D.B., 1879/314/261; 1888/354/308; 1888/356/309; 1888/358/310; inf. from British Gas, 1992.
26. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 265 and n.; below, Hornsea, manors.
27. E.R.A.O., DDKP/19/1; Cal. Inq. p.m. iv, p. 352; Kirkby's Inquest, 372; Complete Peerage, s.v. Ros.
29. Cal. Inq. p.m. iii, p. 429.
31. P.R.O., CP 25(1)/270/91, no. 26; Cal. Inq. p.m. viii, pp. 97–8; x, pp. 259–60; Cal. Chart. R. 1341–7, 19; Cal. Fine R. 1391–9, 154; Complete Peerage, S.V. Sutton.
32. P.R.O., C 138/48, no. 66; Cal. Close, 1413–19, 249–50; Complete Peerage, s.v. Sutton.
33. Yorks. Fines, i. 48; Complete Peerage, s.v. Ughtred.
34. P.R.O., C 142/170, no. 31; L. & P. Hen. VIII, iv (3), p. 2735; viii, p. 342.
36. Cal. Close, 1413–19, 249–50; Complete Peerage, s.v. Mauley.
37. P.R.O., C 138/25, no. 14; C 139/29, no. 49; C 139/143, no. 28; Complete Peerage, S.V. Mauley.
38. Camb., St. John's Coll., MSS. D40.3; D63.216–40, 286.
39. R.D.B., AQ/221/20; E.R.A.O., NV/1/8.
40. Camb., St. John's Coll., MS. SBF2.120; inf. from Mr. A. Hornby, Atwick, 1991.
41. Complete Peerage, s.v. Bulmer; Cal. Close, 1413–19, 249–50.
42. Cal. Inq. p.m. xii, p. 97.
43. P.R.O., E 150/237, no. 28; H.U.L., DHO/7/36; Yorks. Fines, ii. 71.
44. Yorks. Fines, ii. 75, 85; iii. 43.
45. P.R.O., C 142/234, no. 20.
46. Yorks. Fines 1603–14, 198–9, 201–2, 211–12; Visit. Yorks. 1584–5 and 1612, ed. J. Foster, 149.
48. Ibid. BC/177/262; BR/55/76; BU/208/323; BW/170/ 224; DR/195/224; DR/218/252.
49. Ibid. HK/9/12; E.R.A.O., PE/32/8/3.
50. R.D.B., IL/324/412; IL/325/413; IL/326/414; MG/ 110/167; E.R.A.O., PE/32/8/2.
51. R.D.B., 53/352/340 (1903); 203/125/108; E.R.A.O., NV/1/8.
52. R.D.B., 317/327/267; 326/119/98; 330/527/418.
53. Ibid. 318/359/301; 886/575/478; 1115/232/205.
54. Ibid. 888/556/466; 1380/495/449; inf. from Mr. J. B. Catton, 1992.
55. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 267.
56. Ibid. ii. 265 n.
58. Chron. de Melsa (Rolls Ser.), i. 223, 309; G. V. Orange, 'Cart. of Meaux' (Hull Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1965), pp. 32–3.
59. Chron. de Melsa, i. 369, 376, 423.
60. Ibid. 369–70; ii. 102, 105; Orange, op. cit. pp. 495–6.
61. P.R.O., C 142/234, no. 20.
62. Ibid. C 66/1272, m. 10; E.R.A.O., PE/32/30; PE/ 32/32 (copy minister's acct.); Yorks. Fines, 1614–25, 102.
63. P.R.O., CP 25(2)614/1654 Mich. [no. 81]; Dugdale's Visit. Yorks. (Sur. Soc. xxxvi), 211, 276; M. E. Ingram, Our Lady of Hull, 59.
64. Foster, Pedigrees of Yorks. iii, s.v. Hildyard.
65. R.D.B., CG 405/667; FT/233/271; 46/41/40 (1891).
66. Ibid. 14/351/330 (1899); 666/571/477; 675/489/421; 753/600/499; 892/150/128.
67. Ibid. 970/243/209; inf. from W. H. Brown, Agric. Surveyors, Valuers and Land Agents, Northgate Ho., Sleaford, 1990.
69. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 265.
70. Bridlington Chart. ed. W. T. Lancaster, pp. 313–17, 322.
71. Ibid. 318–20; Chron. de Melsa, i. 370; below, this section.
72. H.U.L., DDWB/20/6; Kirkby's Inquest, 75; Cal. Chart. R. 1257–1300, 358.
73. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xiii (1), p. 564; V.C.H. Yorks. iii. 204.
74. H.U.L., DRA/336; Poulson, Holderness i. 181; Dugdale's Visit. Yorks. 322.
76. Ibid. HG/181/227; KP/16/27; MS/250/335; E.R.A.O., PE/32/8/3.
77. R.D.B., MW/39/61; 270/512/450; 1075/160/135.
78. Ibid. 1075/136/115; 1879/314/261; above, intro.
80. Chron. de Melsa (Rolls Ser.), ii. 152; below, church.
81. Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 304; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v. 120; Miscellanea (Y.A.S. Rec. Ser. lxxx), iii. 18.
82. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xiv (1), p. 158.
83. P.R.O., C 142/287, no. 8; E.R.A.O., PE/32/19.
84. Dugdale's Visit. Yorks. 70; T.E.R.A.S. iv. 63.
85. R.D.B., AB/261/456; N/401/863; AD/65/159; AL/135/ 245; H.U.L., DX/42/1; ibid. DDX/187/4; ibid. DDMC/2/1.
86. R.D.B., AQ/221/20; FT/223/260; V.C.H. Yorks. E.R. ii. 231–2; below, Skipsea, manors [Johnson].
87. R.D.B., HH/184/204; E.R.A.O., DDHB/16/2; Burke, Land. Gent. (1937), p. 1607.
89. Ibid. 29/514/489 (1889); 723/458/389; 834/236/199; inf. from Mrs. B. Vickerton, Atwick, 1992.
90. R.D.B., 926/3/2; inf. from Mrs. Vickerton.
91. Bridlington Chart. 318–20, 322; V.C.H. Yorks. iii. 229; above, this section.
92. Cal. Pat. 1281–92, 243–4; Miscellanea, iii. 23.
93. Miscellanea, iv (Y.A.S. Rec. Ser. xciv), 98; Cal. Pat. 1557–8, 321.
95. Ibid. 1888/354/308; 1888/356/309; inf. from Trinity Ho.
96. Para. based on a deed of 1653: H.U.L., DDEV/24/4.
98. Trans. R. Hist. S. n.s. vi, pp. 288–9; vii, p. 251.
100. Camb., St. John's Coll. MS. D63.286.
101. H.U.L., DDEV/4/1; R.D.B., AQ/221/20.
102. H.U.L., DDEV/4/1; B.I.H.R., TER. H. Atwick 1853.
104. R.D.B., AQ/221/20; E.R.A.O., PC/14/1 (plan); 8 & 9 Geo. III, c. 33 (Priv. Act).
105. Bridlington Chart. 321; Cal. Pat. 1281–92, 243–4.
106. Bridlington Chart. 6, 317; L. & P. Hen. VIII, xiii (1), p. 564; Miscellanea, iii (Y.A.S. Rec. Ser. lxxx), 11.
107. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 267.
108. H.U.L., DDCV/154/5; Poulson, Holderness, i. 120.
109. P.R.O., CP 25(2)/381/15 Jas. I Hil. [no. 55]; CP 25(2)/614/1654 Mich. [no. 81].
112. Acreage Returns, 1905, where figures given exceed the area of the par.; [1st] Land Util. Surv. Map, sheet 28.
113. Inf. from Min. of Agric., Fish. & Food, Beverley, 1990.
114. P.R.O., HO 107/2365; directories.
115. Inf. from Min. of Agric., Fish. & Food.
116. Camb., St. John's Coll., MS. SBF2.120; E.R.A.O., DDCC/136/47, 62; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXX (1855 edn.); directories.
117. E.R.A.O., PC/14/1; H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828); R. Gregory, E. Yorks. Windmills, 38–9 (illus.); directories.
118. Chron. de Melsa, ii. 103–4.
119. Burghley Ho., near Stamford (Lincs.), MS. 37/18.
120. E.R.A.O., PE/32/3; ibid. DDX/358.
121. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1, no. 33.
122. Poor Law Abstract, 1804, pp. 594–5; 1818, pp. 522–3.
123. 3rd Rep. Poor Law Com. 170.
125. Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995, copy at E.R.A.O.
126. E.Y.C. ii, pp. 439–41; iii, 82; Bridlington Chart. 312–13.
127. Poulson, Holderness, i. 166–7.
128. Cal. Pat. 1557–8, 420.
129. B.I.H.R., OC. 651, 745; Lond. Gaz. 9 Feb. 1937, pp. 875–6; Poulson, Holderness, i. 167; below, Nunkeeling, churches.
131. Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 336; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v. 116.
132. T.E.R.A.S. iv. 63; Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues, 914–15.
133. B.I.H.R., V. 1884/Ret. 1; Hodgson, Q.A.B. pp. ccxxiii, cccxlii.
134. Bridlington Chart. 312; above, manors.
135. B.I.H.R., TER. H. Atwick 1685 etc.; T.E.R.A.S. iv. 63.
138. Ibid. 405/430/351; 426/173/133; inf. from York Dioc. Bd. of Finance, 1981.
139. B.I.H.R., TER. H. Atwick 1685 etc.; ibid. TA. 712s.
140. B.I.H.R., TER. H. Atwick 1685 etc.
142. Ibid. OC. 854; Crockford; above, this section.
144. Herring's Visit. i, pp. 36–7; ii, pp. 88–90; iii, pp. 35–6.
145. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1. no. 33; Herring's Visit. i, p. 36.
146. B.I.H.R., V. 1865/Ret. 1, no. 28; V. 1868/Ret. 1, no. 26; V. 1871/Ret. 1, no. 26; V. 1877/Ret. 1, no. 25; V. 1884/Ret. 1.
147. Ibid. V. 1900/Ret. 1; inf. from the vicar, Hornsea, 1992; below, educ.
148. B.I.H.R., Prob. Reg. 2, f. 462; Reg. Romeyn, i, p. 156.
149. T. Allen, Hist. Co. York, iv. 220–1; Poulson, Holderness, i. 169–70.
150. J. S. Purvis, Tudor Par. Doc. of Dioc. York, 182.
151. B.I.H.R., Fac. 1875/2; T. Allen, Hist. Co. York, iv. 220–1; Poulson, Holderness, i. 169.
152. Inf. from Dr. J. E. S. Walker, Grebe House, Hornsea, 1998.
154. E.R.A.O., PE/32/12; Inventories of Ch. Goods, 52; Boulter, 'Ch. Bells', 82.
155. Yorks. Ch. Plate, i. 210–11.
156. E.R.A.O., PE/32/1–8; Reg. Atwick (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxi).
157. E.R.A.O., PE/32/10; Lond. Gaz. 13 Feb. 1931, p. 1001.
158. Aveling, Post Reformation Catholicism, 42, 44, 56, 68.
159. P.R.O., RG 31/5, nos. 1747, 2662; B.I.H.R., Fac. Bk. 3, pp. 316, 628–9.
160. P.R.O., HO 129/522/4/13. It was apparently registered the next year: P.R.O., RG 31/5, no. 3732.
161. P.R.O., HO 129/522/4/14; datestone illus. in D. [R. J.] and S. Neave, E.R. Chapels and Meeting Houses (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. Soc.), [inside cover].
162. B.I.H.R. V. 1865/Ret. 1, no. 28; V. 1877/Ret. 1, no. 25.
163. R.D.B., 463/322/247; Kelly's Dir. N. & E.R. Yorks. (1937), 401.
164. Hornsea Meth. Circuit Monthly Fam. Mag. no. 4 (Jan. 1988); inf. from Mrs. T. Heald, Atwick, 1995.
165. 9th Rep. Com. Char. 753–4.
166. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1, no. 33; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXX (1855 edn.).
167. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1, no. 33; 9th Rep. Com. Char. 754.
168. R.D.B., AK/57/6; CI/345/7; 9th Rep. Com. Char. 753–4; Scheme 1878, Char. Com., Liverpool, 1992.
169. Herring's Visit. i, p. 36.
170. 9th Rep. Com. Char. 753–4; Educ. of Poor Digest, 1075. Also B.I.H.R., Fac. Bk. 2, pp. 146–7; Educ. Enq. Abstract, 1078.
171. Returns relating to Elem. Educ. 472–3.
172. P.R.O., ED 7/135, no. 6; Lond. Gaz. 4 Feb. 1876, p. 470.
174. Ibid. SL/3/1, p. 182; E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1909–10, 295, 308; 1910–11, 244, 326, 328.
175. Bd. of Educ., List 21 (H.M.S.O., 1908 and later edns.).
176. E.R.A.O., SL/3/2, pp. 242, 246.
177. Ibid. p. 258; E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1960–1, 98.
178. Scheme, Char. Com., Liverpool, 1992.
180. Ibid. 84/318/313 (1896); 524/215/174; 1171/369/324; 1332/263/238; Reg. of Electors (1974); inf. from the vicar; above, church.
181. Scheme of 1923 in possession of Mrs. Heald, Atwick.
182. E.R.A.O., accession 1681; E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1921–2, 47; 1922–3, 226–7.
185. Scheme in possession of Mrs. Heald, Atwick; Review of Char. Rep. 102.
186. E.R.A.O., CCH/120; E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1972–3, 166.
188. Char. Com. Order 1991 in possession of Mrs. Heald.
189. B.I.H.R., V. 1877/Ret. 1, no. 25.
190. 9th Rep. Com. Char. 753–4; above, educ.
191. Scheme, Char. Com., Liverpool, 1992.
192. Scheme in possession of Mrs. Heald.

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