Great Givendale

Great Givendale
Great Givendale  Great Givendale shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE812537
– London	170 mi (270 km)  S
Civil parish	Millington
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO42
Dialling code	01759
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°58′25″N 0°45′49″W / 53.973675°N 0.763519°W

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

St Ethelburga's Church, Great Givendale

Givendale Church by William Etty

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]

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

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.^[2]

References

1. Historic England. "Church of Saint Ethelburgh (1346278)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
2. Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 210

• Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 6.

External links

• Media related to Great Givendale at Wikimedia Commons
• Great Givendale in the Domesday Book