{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=December 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.985033|-0.657601|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Huggate | static_image_name = St Marys Church Huggate.jpg | static_image_caption = St Mary's Church, Huggate | population = 342 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref name="2011 census"/> | civil_parish = Huggate | 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 = YORK | postcode_district = YO42 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = 01377 | os_grid_reference = SE881551 | london_distance_mi = 170<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S }}
'''Huggate''' is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|13|mi|km}} north-west of Beverley town centre and {{convert|9|mi|km}} west of Driffield town centre. The village of North Dalton lies {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} to the south-east. thumb|left|Huggate, the village pond According to the 2011 UK census, Huggate parish had a population of 342,<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011 | id = 1170211205 | title = Huggate Parish | accessdate = 20 February 2018}}</ref> an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 317.<ref name="2001 census">{{NOMIS2001 | id = 00FB076 | title = Huggate Parish | accessdate = 27 February 2020 }} </ref>
Huggate has one of the deepest wells in England. The village contains the Wolds Inn public house on the Driffield road.
The parish church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building.<ref> {{NHLE|num=1084147|desc=Church of St Mary|accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref>
The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long distance footpath passes to the north of the village. There are walks through the local area. {{clear left}}
==History== 'Huggate' is derived possibly from road to or near the mounds from the Old Norse ''haugr'' and ''gata''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn = 9780198527589 }}</ref>
In 1823 Huggate was a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. The parish church was under the patronage of the King; a Methodist chapel also existed. A well, {{convert|116|yd|m|0}} deep, supplied the village with water. At the end of July each year were held races. Population at the time was 413, with occupations including fourteen farmers, one of whom was also a butcher, a carpenter, two shopkeepers, a tailor, and a shoemaker. The landlord of The Chaise Inn public house was also a blacksmith and gunsmith. The ecclesiastical parish rector and curate, and the vicar of the village of Warter resided in Huggate. A carrier operated between the village and Pocklington once a week.<ref name=Baines>{{cite book|authorlink=Edward Baines (1774–1848)|last=Baines|first= Edward|year=1823|title=History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York|page=224}}</ref>
==Huggate Wold airstrip== To the north-west of the village, south of the A166 road is Huggate Wold.<ref>{{cite web |title=Huggate Wold - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK |url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/huggate-wold/ |website=www.abct.org.uk |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> In the early 1940s, the site was surveyed for a bomber base, and building nearly went ahead, but a better location was found further west, which became RAF Full Sutton.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Halpenny |first1=Bruce Barrymore |title=Action stations. |date=1982 |publisher=Stephens |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-85059-532-0|page=95}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Otter |first1=Patrick |title=Yorkshire airfields in the Second World War |date=2003 |publisher=Countryside Books |location=Newbury |isbn=1-85306-542-0|page=129}}</ref> However, in October 1943, the Royal Air Force created an airstrip from steel mesh at Huggate Wold to test the airstrip in preparation for the forthcoming invasion of Europe, which would require 'pop-up' airfields. Two RAF squadrons, 168 sqn and 170 sqn, both equipped with North American Mustang aircraft under the control of No. 123 Airfield Headquarters RAF, spent a week at the temporary airfield continually landing and taking-off so that the steel mesh airstrip could be assessed. It also gave the pilots and ground crew the experience of using the steel mesh airstrip in a field with no facilities.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Delve |first1=Ken |title=Northern England : Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire |date=2006 |publisher=Crowood |location=Ramsbury |isbn=1-86126-809-2|page=144}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Halpenny |first1=Bruce Barrymore |title=Action stations|date=1982 |publisher=Stephens |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-85059-532-0|page=96}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|title=Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=7<!--|accessdate=8 February 2011-->}} {{Refend}}
== External links == *{{Commons category-inline|Huggate}} *{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE8855|name=huggate|display=Huggate}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100126081156/http://huggateonline.com/ Huggate Parish Website] *[http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_huggate.htm Wold's Villages Website - Huggate] *{{NHLE |num=1084147|desc=St Mary's Church}}
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Category:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire