Great Givendale

Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Millington

Unitary authority

East Riding of Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

East Riding of Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townYORKPostcode districtYO42Dialling code01759PoliceHumbersideFire Humberside AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

East Yorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°58′25″N 0°45′49″W / 53.973675°N 0.763519°W / 53.973675; -0.763519

Great Givendale is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north of Pocklington.

Great Givendale forms part of the civil parish of Millington.

The church, dedicated to Saint Ethelburgh, was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.^[1]

The Minster Way and Chalkland Way long-distance footpaths pass through the main street of the village.

There is also a scout camp located near the hamlet, which is a green field campsite.^[2]

In 1823 Great Givendale was a village and civil parish, in the Wapentake of Harthill and the Liberty of St Peter's, that included the settlement of Little Givendale. The church was under the patronage of the Dean of York. Parish population at the time was 60, which included four farmers and a gentleman.^[3]

References

^ Historic England. "Church of Saint Ethelburgh (1346278)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
^ "Givendale". Humberside Scouts. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 210.