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Owstwick is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and north-west of Withernsea. It lies to the west of the B1242 road. The hamlet forms part of the civil parish of Roos. ==History== During the Saxon period Owstwick had its own thane, called Hoste (later corrupted to Owst). The ''Domesday Book'' lists the settlement name as "Hostewic" and "Ostewic", under the manors and lords of Kilnsea and Hilston, and in the Hundred of Holderness. At the Norman Conquest the lords of Holderness, and therefore Owstwick, were Earl Morcar and Murdoch of Hilston. Owstwick was a small settlement of about 5 households, with 45 villagers, 6 freemen, one priest and a church. There were 44 ploughlands and a meadow of 12 acres. In 1086 lordship was transferred to Drogo of la BeuvriËre, who also became Tenant-in-chief to King William I. ''Domesday'' records that in Edward the Confessor's time the combined manor of Hilston with parts of Owstwick was valued at fifty-five shillings.〔("Owstwick" ), ''Domesdaymap.co.uk''. Retrieved 7 July 2014〕〔( "Documents Online: Owstwick" ), ''Great Domesday Book'', Folios: 323v, 382r. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 July 2012〕〔Poulson, George; ''The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness in the East-Riding of the County of York'' (1841), Volume 2, pp.79, 103〕 The ''Dictionary of British Place Names'' gives the derivation of Owstwick as "eastern outlying farm" from the Old Scandinavian 'austr' and the Old English 'wic'.〔Mills, Anthony David (2003); ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), p.359. ISBN 019960908X〕 Owstwick in 1812 had a population of 106. There were 18 families in 18 houses, with 17 farmers and one trader.〔Strickland, Henry, Eustasius; ''A General View of the Agriculture of the East-Riding of Yorkshire'', (1812), p.310. Reprint Nabu Press (2010). ISBN 1142231747〕 By 1823 population had increased to 139, including four farmers and a Tuesday carrier to Hull; occupation numbers had not changed by 1851, although population had dropped to 103.〔Baines, Edward; ''History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York'' (1823), p.375. ISBN 1230139141〕〔''General Directory of Kingston-upon-Hull, and York'' (1851), Francis White & Co., p.550〕〔Sheahan, J. J.; Whelan, T.; (1857), ''History and topography of the City of York, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a portion of the West Riding'' Volume 2, pp.360, 373, 376. Reprinted Books LLC (2012) ISBN 1150446110.〕 In 1818, in the part of Owstwick that was in Roos, inhabitants numbered 59. A parliamentary report of the following year stated that in the parish there were three schools, in each of which 30 children were taught, about two thirds of whom belonged to the parish. There was a Sunday School where 30 boys and 25 girls were taught. The report stated that: "the greater part of the poorer classes are without the means of education, and very desirous of possessing them."〔"Roos" in ''A Digest of Parochial Returns Made to The Select Committee appointed to inquire into The Education of the Poor'', House of Commons (1818), p.1089〕 In the 1830s Owstwick became part of a group of twenty-seven parishes and townships under the Patrington Union, which provided for a Union workhouse at Patrington, opened in 1838 for the accommodation of 150 paupers. Owstwick's yearly saving on poor-relief costs by being part of the Union system was estimated at the time as £1,000, this being similar for all parishes contributing.〔White, William; ''History, Gazetteer and Directory, of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire'' (1840), p.298〕 A Tithe Commission under the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act recorded Owstwick township as consisting of , largely within the parish of Roos, with 452 acres in the parish of Garton. By 1841, although Owstwick was called a 'manor', no manorial rights then existed. In 1780 principal parish landowners had been Sir Christopher Sykes and Admiral Storr; by 1841 they were Sir Tatton Sykes, Admiral Mitford, and Joseph Storr.〔〔 In 1882 the number of inhabitants had dropped to 80, of whom six were farmers. A Society of Friends' burial ground still existed, although their meeting house had been converted to a cottage.〔〔White, William, ''White's General and Commercial Directory of Hull'' (1882), p.338〕 In 1913 Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere House was lord of the manor and principal landowner. Inhabitants in 1911 numbered 114, with four farmers, and children attending school at Garton.〔''Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire (with the cities of York and Hull)'' (1913), p.600〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Owstwick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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