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Neolithic round barrow

Neolithic round barrow was excavated in 1894 by John Robert Mortimer. The Great Wold Valley was a site of considerable neolithic activity. It has been a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1962.

Bronze Age bowl barrows

Two bowl barrows are located to the west of Wold Newton Green. Both saw use during mediaeval times as archery target butts, lending their name to the adjacent Butt Lane. They are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

Wold Newton hoard

In 2014 metal detectorist David Blakely discovered a pottery container holding 1857 copper coins dating from the early 4th century AD. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2016 and went on public display in 2017.

Origins of village

Wold Newton is an Anglian name denoting a new farmstead. It is also a name for a new house or farm. The name means “Wold Newton” and “New Newton”

Enclosure

The land around Warrington was enclosed in 1776. The current channel of the Gypsy Race was defined at this time. The land was enclosed around the time of the invasion of the Great War.

Wold Cottage meteorite

On 13 December 1795 a meteorite crashed on the outskirts of the village, landing within metres of ploughman John Shipley. The occurrence inspired the development of the body of science fiction literature known as the Wold Newton family by American author Philip José Farmer.

Administrative history

From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Wold Newton was part of Dickering Wapentake. The 1974 reforms to local government saw the parish form the northernmost tip of the new county of Humberside.

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Great Wold Valley The Great Wold Valley is the largest and broadest of the valleys cutting into the Yorkshire Wolds in northern England. It carries the Gypsey Race, an intermittent stream, which runs from its source near Wharram-le-Street eastwards along and through the northern Yorks to reach the sea at Bridlington. It is known that it was an important place of worship during Neolithic times.

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