OS grid reference TA049701 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district YO25 Dialling code 01262 Ceremonial county East Riding of Yorkshire | Country England Post town DRIFFIELD Local time Friday 2:08 PM Civil parish Thwing and Octon UK parliament constituency East Yorkshire | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 17°C, Wind SW at 35 km/h, 54% Humidity | ||
Thwing /ˈðwɪŋ/ is a village in the Yorkshire Wolds, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Thwing and Octon.
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Map of Thwing, Driffield, UK
Description
Thwing is located in the Yorkshire Wolds in the civil parish of Thwing and Octon about 8 miles (13 km) west of the North Sea coast at Bridlington.
The village has a 12th-century Norman Church (All Saints), and a pub known as The Falling Stone, previously The Rampant Horse, before 1976 the Raincliffe Arms.
The Falling Stone pub name is a reference to the Wold Cottage Meteorite, which fell nearby on 13 December 1795. A monument to its fall can be visited.
The church, as well as the post office (1830s) and 'Pear Tree farmhouse' (late 18th century) are listed buildings.
History
Thwing is thought to mean 'narrow strip of land', deriving from thvengr (Old Scandinavian) or thweng (Old English). The village is recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as Tuennc, in the hundred of Burton.
The church of All Saints dates from the 12th century. A market and fair began in Thwing in 1257.
A Wesleyan chapel was established in Thwing in the early 1800s. It was built around 1810, and rebuilt and enlarged around 1839.
From the 1850s to the start of the 21st century the extent of building development in the village was practically unchanged.