Octon, East Riding of Yorkshire

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History

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Farm buildings, Octon

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By the 19th century the village was reduced to a small farming hamlet. In 1823 three farmers and a gamekeeper were recorded as resident in Octon, with a further two farmers at Octon Grange just over Script error: No such module "convert". to the north.[4] The extent of the hamlet remained unexpanded throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.[5]

The modern village is at the same location as the reduced medieval village; earthworks of the medieval church and village were scheduled as an ancient monument in 1994.[6] The 'Old farmhouse' at Glebe farm, Octon, a cruck framed longhouse dating from the 17th century is a Grade II* listed building.[7]

Geography

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Notable people

References

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Sources

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