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The parish was mostly drained by the river Hull, Frodingham beck, and the beck's tributary streams, a drainage system which was improved under the Beverley and Barmston Drainage Act of 1798. The meandering course of Old Howe drain, the stream flowing along the northern and north-western boundary into Frodingham beck, was evidently straightened, and much of Frodingham's water was diverted into new drains made beside Old Howe, the beck, and the river. In North Frodingham and Emmotland 971 a. were assessed by the drainage award of 1811. (fn. 10) Despite the changes, and later improvements downstream at Hempholme, in Leven, the carrs remained liable to flooding (fn. 11) until the mid 20th century, when the water level in the river was reduced by the construction of reservoirs on the west bank in Watton parish. (fn. 12) Land was evidently gained from the watercourses by earlier accretion and drainage improvements, 'new lands' being referred to in 1674 and New ings later. (fn. 13) Lesser drains in North Frodingham include Moor drain, which flows into Moor Town, in Brandesburton, and was evidently the drain said to be in disrepair in 1367, (fn. 14) and Constable drain leading from the west end of the village towards the beck.
In 1066 Ulf had a manor of NORTH FRODINGHAM, comprising 12 carucates; it had passed by 1086 to Drew de Bevrère, (fn. 34) and was later part of the Aumale fee.
In 1285 William de Lascelles held land at North Frodingham, which had descended to his son John by 1303. (fn. 72) No more is known of the estate.
The commonable lands were inclosed by award of 1808 under an Act of 1801. (fn. 84) Allotments made totalled 2,303 a., of which 39 a. were from old inclosures; 1,609 a. were copyhold and 694 a. freehold of the manor of North Frodingham. Many allotments were from more than one area, and, apart from New ings, which contained 48 a., only minimum acreages can be calculated for the commonable lands; there were at least 561 a. in North field, 310 a. in South field, 184 a. in Little field, and 38 a. in the moor. The Act accommodated manorial custom by allowing allotments to mortgagees and other co-tenants. Thomas Duesbery, his wife Sarah, and Thomas Hinderwell acquired many holdings before inclosure when they received 672 a.; another allotment, of 113 a. and awarded to Duesbery with Elizabeth Dealtry and William Thompson, was evidently later Duesbery's. (fn. 85) Philip Saltmarsh was awarded 372 a. for the rectorial tithes and glebe land, William Dobson and others 252 a., and Charlotte Bethell, lord of the manor, 161 a., which included compensation for the hay of the balks and her right in the soil of the waste. The vicar received 109 a. There was also one allotment of 57 a., twenty-two of 10-49 a., and twenty-seven of less than 10 a.
In the late 19th century North Frodingham had merchants dealing in coal, corn, lime, and stone, presumably from beck-side premises at Frodingham Bridge, and there was a fertiliser works at Emmotland in the early and mid 20th century. (fn. 100) Small amounts of sand and gravel had been dug in the west of the parish before the 1940s; larger-scale extraction begun then was ended c. 1960, (fn. 101) leaving a string of water-filled pits. Bricks and tiles were being made at a yard at Church End by the mid 19th century; production seems to have ceased c. 1905. (fn. 102) In 1994 small businesses trading in the parish included motor engineering firms in North Frodingham village and beside the main Hull-Bridlington road.
Mill. A windmill, recorded at North Frodingham in the 16th century, (fn. 106) probably stood where the later mill did, on the south-west edge of the village. Milling was evidently given up c. 1915, (fn. 107) and the mill was later demolished.
1. This article was written in 1994 and revised later.
2. H.U.L., DHO/16/55; P.N. Yorks. E.R. (E.P.N.S.), 27, 75-6; V.C.H. Yorks. E.R. v. 85-7; Poulson, Holderness, i. 299.
3. O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
4. P.R.O., E 179/202/60, m. 79.
6. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1, no. 200.
7. V.C.H. Yorks. iii. 495; Census, 1911-91.
8. Geol. Surv. Map 1", sheet 64 (1909 edn.).
10. E.R.A.O., DCBB/4/2, 8; ibid. IA. (C. 10); 38 Geo. III, c. 63 (Local and Personal).
12. Inf. from Mr. H. G. McKie, N. Frodingham, 1994; below, Leven, intro.
13. H.U.L., DDCV/120/5; R.D.B., CI/273/20.
14. Poulson, Holderness, i. 120.
16. Poulson, Holderness, i. 307.
17. 7 Geo. III, c. 97; 41 Geo. III, c. 134 (Local and Personal); B. F. Duckham, Inland Waterways of E. Yorks. 1700-1900 (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. Ser. xviii), 20-1, 24-6.
18. Inf. from Mr. McKie.
19. Public Works in Medieval Law, ii (Selden Soc. xl), pp. 309-10.
20. K. J. Allison, E.R. Yorks. Landscape, 81.
21. Poulson, Holderness, i. 306; Driffield Times, 9 May 1991; above, this section [drainage]; below, local govt.
23. Below, nonconf., educ.; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
24. R.D.B., 605/239/201; 753/439/361; 923/560/473; 1618/345/301.
27. Ibid. NV/1/94; R.D.B., 199/207/176; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.); directories.
28. D. [R. J.] Neave, E.R. Friendly Soc. (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. Ser. xli), 53.
30. E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1972-3, 85; inf. from Mr. McKie.
31. O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.); O.S. Map 1/2,500, Yorks. CLXXIX. 7 (1892, 1910 edns.).
32. T. Jefferys, Map of Yorks. (1772); H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828).
33. E.R.A.O., IA. (C. 10); H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828); O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
34. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 267.
35. Dugdale, Mon. vi. 326.
37. Cal. Pat. 1563-6, 158-9, 389, 397; V.C.H. Lincs. ii. 164.
38. H.U.L., DDCV/120/1-2, 4-6; DDCV/121/27; J. Foster, Pedigrees of Yorks. iii, s.v. Bethell; Poulson, Holderness, i. 298; below, Rise, manor.
39. R.D.B., CI/273/20; valuation at Rise Park Estate Off., 1990.
40. R.D.B., ME/67/99; 99/31/29 (1898); 539/661/499; 723/458/389; 918/323/286.
41. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80; Cal. Pat. 1563-6, p. 389.
42. Poulson, Holderness, i. 306.
43. Above and below, this section.
44. R.D.B., CI/273/20; below, econ. hist.
45. H.U.L., DDCV/121/7, pp. 219, 225, 235, 276-7.
47. H.U.L., DDCV/121/7, pp. 245, 547.
48. Ibid. DDCV/121/7, p. 562; DDCV(2)/86/49.
49. Ibid. DDCV/121/8, pp. 1008, 1010; R.D.B., IS/ 206/283; KS/48/66; LY/177/279.
50. R.D.B., 3/231/214 (1885); 17/480/474 (1887); E.R.A.O., NV/1/94.
52. Ibid. 186/212/181; 186/323/273; 614/460/369; 753/ 87/70; 801/514/417.
53. Ibid. 269/270/228; 763/417/360; plaque in Brandesburton church.
54. R.D.B., 743/511/441; 769/141/117; 769/455/390; 770/ 275/242; 771/90/74; 771/335/281; 775/516/444.
56. Ibid. 1407/433/382; Reg. of Electors (1994).
58. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80.
59. Ibid. C 66/1539, mm. 16-18.
60. Ibid. CP 25(2)/520/6 Chas. 1 Mich. file 1 [no. 2]; Yorks. Fines, 1603-14, 143.
63. Ibid. DDSA/641; R.D.B., AE/513/971; Poulson, Holderness, i. 300.
66. Ibid. KY/314/419; ND/296/430; 110/242/223; H.U.L., DDHO(3)/46/16.
68. Ibid. 382/501/415; 606/265/213; 1070/253/223.
69. Reg. of Electors (1994).
70. Datestone with initials G. and M. H.
71. E.R.A.O., IA. (C. 10); H. Teesdale, Map of Yorks. (1828); O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
72. Kirkby's Inquest, 75, 244 n.
73. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80.
74. Ibid. LR 2/230, ff. 205-208v.; 41 Geo. III, c. 87 (Priv. Act).
75. H.U.L., DDCV/121/14, folder A, s.v. 1581.
76. Lond. Corp. R.O., Emanuel hosp. box 7.7.
77. R.D.B., CI/273/20. Cf. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80.
78. H.U.L., DDCV/121/14, folder A, s.vv. 1574, 1588, 1598, 1599; below, this section.
79. R.D.B., AK/57/6; E.R.A.O., IA. Beeford; below, this section.
80. E.R.A.O., IA. (C. 10); R.D.B., CI/273/20; H.U.L., DDCV/121/1, s.v. Oct. 1660.
81. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80.
82. Ibid.; H.U.L., DDCV/121/6, pp. 198, 204; DDCV/ 121/14, folder A; R.D.B., CI/273/20. Turf carr was partitioned at inclosure: R.D.B., CI/273/20.
83. H.U.L., DDCV/121/14, folder A; E.R.A.O., IA. (C 10); below, this section [demesne].
84. 41 Geo. III, c. 87 (Priv. Act); R.D.B., CI/273/20; E.R.A.O., IA. (C 10).
85. H.U.L., DDCV/121/7, p. 562.
86. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 267.
87. Above, this section (common lands).
88. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80.
89. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 267.
90. H.U.L., DDCV/121/14, folder A.
91. P.R.O., CP 25(2)/615/1659 Trin. [no. 19]; Yorks. Fines, 1603-14, 143.
92. Poulson, Holderness, i. 307; ii. 267.
94. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
96. Acreage Returns, 1905; [1st] Land Util. Surv. Map, sheet 28.
97. Inf. from Min. of Agric., Fish. & Food., Beverley, 1990.
98. P.R.O., HO 107/2366; directories.
99. Inf. from Min. of Agric., Fish. & Food.
100. R.D.B., 227/319/268; 775/516/444; directories.
101. R.D.B., 662/400/336; 741/465/382; 743/511/441; 775/516/444; 1241/99/87; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.); inf. from Mr. H. G. McKie, N. Frodingham, 1994.
102. O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.); directories.
103. Sheahan and Whellan, Hist. York & E.R. ii. 410.
104. Farming and Account Books of Henry Best (Sur. Soc. xxxiii), 113-14; directories.
106. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/2022, ff. 79v.-80; ibid. C 66/1539, mm. 13-15.
107. O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.); directories.
108. Plac. de Quo Warr. 211-12.
109. Poulson, Holderness, i. 306; T.E.R.A.S. iii. 48.
111. Ibid. DDCV/121/21; Poulson, Holderness, i. 298-9. Also H.U.L., DDCV/121/22-3.
112. A. A. Clarke, Country Coppers: Story of E.R. Police, 18-19.
113. Poor Law Abstract, 1804, pp. 594-5; 1818, pp. 522-3.
115. 3rd Rep. Poor Law Com. 168.
116. Census; Boro. of N. Wolds, Council Proc. and Cttee. Mins. 1973-4, 4-7; 1980-1, 360.
117. Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995, copy at E.R.A.O.
118. Kelly's Dir. N. & E.R. Yorks. (1889), 390; O.S. Map 1/2,500, Yorks. CLXXIX. 7 (1892 edn.).
119. Inf. from Mr. McKie, 1995; above, intro.
120. V.C.H. Yorks. ii. 267.
121. E.Y.C. iii, pp. 30-4; Dugdale, Mon. vi. 326; V.C.H. Yorks. E.R. v. 18.
122. Reg. Romeyne, i (Sur. Soc. cxxiii), pp. 215, 222-3.
123. Lawrance, 'Clergy List', Holderness, 1, pp. 43-4; V.C.H. Lincs. ii. 164.
124. Cal. Pat. 1557-8, 420.
125. P.R.O., C 66/1539, mm. 16-18.
126. Yorks. Fines, 1603-14, 143.
128. Poulson, Holderness, i. 301.
130. R.D.B., BW/338/468; BX/403/651; Poulson, Holderness, i. 301.
131. R.D.B., CR/500/687; GS/402/509; Poulson, Holderness, i. 301.
132. R.D.B., HE/156/188; HL/381/383; B.I.H.R., Inst. AB. 22, pp. 42, 112.
133. R.D.B., 40/246/232 (1890); 80/139/132 (1905); B.I.H.R., BA. TP. 1905/2, 1911/1, 1913/6, /10, 1919/1.
135. Tax Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 304.
136. Reg. Greenfield, v, p. 226; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v. 116.
137. B.I.H.R., TER. H. N. Frodingham 1786 etc.; Hodgson, Q.A.B. pp. clxxv, cccxlv.
138. B.I.H.R., V. 1884/Ret.; Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues, 936-7.
139. B.I.H.R., TER. H. N. Frodingham 1781 etc.; Valor Eccl. v. 116.
140. R.D.B., CI/273/20; Valor Eccl. v. 116; T.E.R.A.S. iv. 61.
142. Inf. from York Dioc. Bd. of Finance, 1981.
143. B.I.H.R., TER. H. N. Frodingham 1685; Valor Eccl. v. 116.
144. B.I.H.R., Ch. Ret. i.
146. Ibid. Prob. Reg. 9, f. 97v.; H.U.L., DDCV/121/14, folder A.
148. Herring's Visit. i, pp. 158, 224.
149. B.I.H.R., V. 1764/Ret. 1, no. 200.
150. Ibid. V. 1865/Ret. 1, no. 196; 1868/Ret. 1, no. 179; V. 1871/Ret. 1, no. 178; V. 1877/Ret. 1, no. 176; V. 1884/Ret.
151. Ibid. Prob. Reg. 9, f. 97v.; Prob. Reg. 13, f. 45; York Minster Libr., Torre MSS., Parochial Churches, p. 1408.
152. H.U.L., DP/159/7 (illus.); Poulson, Holderness, i. 297 (illus.), 302-3.
153. B.I.H.R., Chancery AB. 13, f. 199v.; ibid. ER. V./CB. 1, f. 84v.; ibid. ER. V./Ret. 1, ff. 29, 117; ibid. ER. V./Ret. 2, f. 3v.
154. Ibid. V. 1865/Ret. 1, no. 196; V. 1868/Ret. 1, no. 179; V. 1871/Ret. 1, no. 178.
155. Ibid. Fac. 1877/4; drawing in church; Dept. of Environment, Buildings List (1985); Pevsner and Neave, Yorks. E.R.., 632.
156. B.I.H.R., BA. TP. 1913/6, 1919/1; inscription.
157. J. Lang, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Sculpture, iii. 187-9, illus.
158. Ibid. ER. V./CB. 3, f. 4v.; Inventories of Ch. Goods, 56-7; G. R. Park, Ch. Bells of Holderness, 66.
159. B.I.H.R., TER. 475; Yorks. Ch. Plate, i. 296; memorials in church.
160. E.R.A.O., PE/118/1-14. Transcripts from 1600 survive: B.I.H.R., PRT. Hold. D.
161. Lond. Gaz. 31 August 1883, 4271; above, local govt.
163. Depositions from York Castle (Sur. Soc. xl), 123; Aveling, Post Reformation Catholicism, 68.
164. Compton Census, ed. Whiteman, 600.
166. P.R.O., RG 31/5, nos. 536, 2313, 3222, 3298, 3392, 4038.
167. Ibid. no. 3515; ibid. HO 129/523/1/6; E.R.A.O., EC/4/1-3; C. E. Darwent, Story of Fish St. Ch., Hull (1899), 128-9, 136, illus. facing p. 136; V.C.H. Yorks. E.R. ii. 189; D. [R. J.] and S. Neave, E.R. Chapels and Meeting Houses (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. Soc.), 54; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
168. P.R.O., HO 129/523/1/8; ibid. RG 31/5, no. 1677; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.); O.S. Map 1/2,500, Yorks. CLXXIX. 7 (1910 edn.); datestone.
169. Inf. from Mr. H. G. McKie, N. Frodingham, 1995.
170. P.R.O., HO 129/523/1/7; ibid. RG 31/5, no. 4559; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
171. E.R.A.O., accession 1036 (MRD. box 23); R.D.B., 1038/552/483.
172. E.R.A.O., accession 1036 (MRD. box 23, correspondence 1956); Bulmer, Dir. E. Yorks. (1892), 201; inf. from Mr. McKie.
173. Educ. of Poor Digest, 1081; 9th Rep. Com. Char. 760.
174. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 1085; Poulson, Holderness, i. 305.
175. R.D.B., 1481/270/245; Sheahan and Whellan, Hist. York & E.R., ii. 410; O.S. Map 6", Yorks. CLXXIX (1854 edn.).
176. Mins. of Educ. Cttee. of Council, 1856-7 , p. 185, H.C. (1857 Sess. 2), xxxiii.
177. Returns relating to Elem. Educ. 472-3, 874-5.
178. B.I.H.R., V. 1900/Ret. no. 279.
179. Bd. of Educ., List 21 (H.M.S.O., 1908 and later edns.).
180. E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1912-13, 325; 1913-14, 70, 172; 1914-15, 238; 1915-16, 61.
181. B.I.H.R., V. 1921-2/Ret.; ibid. TER. 475; R.D.B., 1481/270/245; inf. from Mr. McKie, 1995.
182. Bd. of Educ., List 21 (H.M.S.O., 1922 and later edns.); E.R. Educ. Cttee. Mins. 1913-14, 247.
183. Inf. from Educ. Dept., Humbs. C.C., 1990.
184. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 1085.
185. 9th Rep. Com. Char. 760.
187. B.I.H.R., TER. 475; Scheme in possession of, and inf. from, Mr. McKie, 1995; above, church [plate].

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