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Coordinates: 54°01'10?N 0°23'25?W? / ?54.019429, -0.390216
Nafferton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north east of Driffield town centre and lies just south of the A614 road. It is served by Nafferton railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough.
According to the 2001 UK census, Nafferton parish had a population of 2,184.[1]
[edit] Name origin
Nafferton, looking north from the churchyard
The name Nafferton derives from Old Scandinavian -
Nattfari: a personal name
-ton: farm
hence, Nattfari's farm.
Nafferton is listed in the Domesday book as Nadfartone and the present name came into use in the thirteenth century.
[edit] Prehistory
Archaeological evidence for settlement in the area dates back to the mesolithic. Early hunter-gatherers established temporary camp sites throughout the area, subsisting from woodlands foraging, deer, boars, bears, and wild cattle.
The Yorkshire Wolds were later the site of substantial human activity during the neolithic and the area features burial mounds, with frequent finds of lithic technology.
[edit] References
- Harrison, Stephen (ed), 2000. Nafferton: A Living Past. Hull: Nafferton Millennium Committee.
[edit] External links
(Source: Wikipedia)
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