Faxfleet
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Faxfleet is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blacktoft, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Brough, and east of Howden, at the start of the Humber, on the north bank, where the River Ouse and the River Trent meet. In 1931 the parish had a population of 151. Just to the east of the hamlet is the entrance lock for the Weighton Canal, and also Whitton Island in the Humber.
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Blacktoft
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- Looking west from the river bank at Faxfleet.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01430
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- Faxfleet
- OS grid reference
- SE863241
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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Faxfleet is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blacktoft, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Brough, and east of Howden, at the start of the Humber, on the north bank, where the River Ouse and the River Trent meet. In 1931 the parish had a population of 151. Just to the east of the hamlet is the entrance lock for the Weighton Canal, and also Whitton Island in the Humber.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faxfleet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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