Stillingfleet
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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Stillingfleet is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about Script error: No such module "convert". south of York and nearby settlements include Acaster Selby, Naburn and Appleton Roebuck.
Stillingfleet was once the site of UK Coal's Stillingfleet Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield, which closed in 2004.
St Helen's Church, the parish church, is a grade I listed building.[1] Another notable building is Moreby Hall, which is grade II* listed.[2]
The village was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[3] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Toponymy
The origin of the name 'Stillingfleet' lies in Old English. The name means 'stretch of river belonging to the family or followers of a man called Styfel', and is composed of the elements Styfel (the name of the landowner), Script error: No such module "Lang". (followers of) and Script error: No such module "Lang". (stream, inlet or creek). The village was recorded as Steflingefled in the Domesday Book of 1086.
1833 drowning
On Boxing Day 1833, 11 members of a party of carol singers from Stillingfleet were drowned when their boat overturned in the nearby River Ouse.[4]
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