Population 405 (2011) Country England Post town YORK Shire county North Yorkshire | OS grid reference SE593410 Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Tuesday 5:32 AM District Selby District | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 6°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Stillingfleet is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 6 miles (10 km) south of York and nearby settlements include Acaster Selby, Naburn and Appleton Roebuck.
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Map of Stillingfleet, York, UK
Stillingfleet was once the site of UK Coal's Stillingfleet Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield, which closed in 2004.
The parish church of St Helen's is a grade I listed building.
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), inga (followers of) and fleot (stream, inlet or creek). The village was recorded as Steflingefled in the Domesday Book.
1833 Tragedy
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.