Faxfleet is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...

, England. It is situated approximately west of Brough, and at the start of the

Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary betw ...

, on the north bank, where the River Ouse and the

River Trent The Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and ...

meet.

Looking west from the river bank at Faxfleet

With Yokefleet and

Bellasize Bellasize is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of the market town of Howden. History The name of the hamlet derives from the French meaning ''beautiful seat (belle + assis, belasis, belasyse)' ...

, Faxfleet forms part of the

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of Blacktoft. Faxfleet lies within the constituency of

Haltemprice and Howden Haltemprice and Howden is a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Davis, a Conservative who was also Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union unt ...

, an area placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a 2003

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Private Clients survey. Faxfleet was the location of the Faxfleet Preceptory, a former community of the

Knights Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon ( la, Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, the Knights Templar, or simply the Templars, was a Catholic military order, o ...

. It was one of Yorkshire's principal preceptories, valued at more than £290 (equivalent to £ in ). when it was closed in 1308. In 1823 Faxfleet was listed as in the parish of South Cave, and in the

Wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, ...

of Harthill. Population was 163, with occupations including three farmers and a brick & tile maker. There was a gentleman who lived at the Hall, and two yeomen.

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* Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{EastRiding-geo-stub