The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building.[3] There are a further eight Grade II listed buildings including Wold Newton Hall, the former Wesleyan Chapel (now Wold Newton Community Centre), The Old Vicarage, the Anvil Arms Public House and the Red telephone box on Wold Newton Green.[4] Approximately two thirds of the village falls within the Wold Newton Conservation area.[4]
Wold Newton has a small, fully automated telephone exchange. Rather confusingly, this is referred to as the "Thwing Exchange". (Thwing is a neighbouring village). Wold Newton Cricket Club have a ground off Laking Lane and field a first and second team.
The children's author Christina Butler lived for many years in the western section of Wold Newton Hall.[5] Between 1988 and 2005 she wrote thirteen books including Stanley in the Dark[6] and Archie the Ugly Dinosaur.[7]
History
Neolithic round barrow
To the south of the village, close to the Gypsy Race stands a neolithicround barrow. It was excavated in 1894 by John Robert Mortimer when it was discovered that the monument had initially composed a large timber structure onto which several bodies had been laid along with pottery and flints.[8] The Great Wold Valley was a site of considerable neolithic activity, also containing the barrows of Duggleby Howe and Willy Howe as well as the Rudston Monolith. The barrow has been a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1962.[9]
Bronze Age bowl barrows
Two bowl barrows are located to the west of Wold Newton Green. Both also saw use during mediaeval times as archery target butts, lending their name to the adjacent Butt Lane. They are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.[10]
In 2014 the metal detectorist David Blakely discovered a pottery container holding 1857 copper coins dating from the early 4th century AD. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2016 and went on public display in 2017.[11]
Origins of village
Wold Newton is an Anglian name denoting a new farmstead.
Enclosure
The land around Warrington was enclosed in 1776. The current channel of the Gypsy Race was defined at this time.
On 13 December 1795 a meteorite crashed on the outskirts of the village, landing within metres of ploughman John Shipley.[12] As a monument to this event there is a brick column bearing the inscription.[13] The meteorite is now housed in the Natural History Museum. The event inspired the development of the body of science fiction literature known as the Wold Newton family by American author Philip José Farmer.[14]
Inscription
Here
On this Spot, Decr. 13th, 1795
Fell from the Atmoſphere
AN EXTRAORDINARY STONE
In Breadth 28 inches
In Length 36 inches
and
Whoſe Weight was 56 pounds.
THIS COLUMN
In Memory of it
Was erected by
EDWARD TOPHAM
1799
Administrative history
From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Wold Newton was part of Dickering Wapentake.[15]
The 1974 reforms to local government saw the parish form the northernmost tip of the new county of Humberside. The southern tip comprised the village of Wold Newton, Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire. Since 1996 Wold Newton is covered by the unitary East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
^"Dickering-Wap through time". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^"Bridlington RD". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 12.
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