{{Short description|Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.018870|-0.284732|display=inline,title}} | label_position = left | official_name = Gransmoor | population = | civil_parish = Burton Agnes | unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | constituency_westminster = Bridlington and The Wolds | post_town = DRIFFIELD | postcode_district = YO25 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = 01262 | os_grid_reference = TA124594 | london_distance_mi = 170<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S | static_image = Gransmoor.jpg | static_image_caption = Entering Gransmoor }} '''Gransmoor''' is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton Agnes, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south-west of the town of Bridlington and {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} south-east of the village of Burton Agnes. In 1931 the parish had a population of 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10428725/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Gransmoor Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 August 2023}}</ref>
In 1823 Gransmoor was in the parish of Burton Agnes and the Wapentake of Dickering. Population was 85, which included six farmers and a carrier who operated between the hamlet and Bridlington once weekly. By 1840 population was 93, again with six farmers. A chapel was built in 1839 by the owner of all {{convert|1100|acre|km2|1}} of hamlet land.<ref name=Baines>Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 211</ref><ref>White, William (1840); ''History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire'', p. 379</ref> Gransmoor was formerly a township in the parish of Burton-Agnes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12740|title=History of Gransmoor, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 August 2023}}</ref> from 1866 Gransmoor was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burton Agnes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10428725|title=Relationships and changes Gransmoor Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 August 2023}}</ref>
The name Gransmoor derives from the Old English ''Grantesmōr'' or ''Grentesmōr'' meaning 'Grante's' or 'Grente's moor'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire+ER/Gransmoor|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=14 October 2025}}</ref> {{clear left}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|title=Gazetteer – A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=6<!--|accessdate=6 February 2011-->}} {{Refend}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Gransmoor}} *{{OpenDomesday|OS=TA1259|name=gransmoor|display=Gransmoor}}
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Category:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Category:Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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