Mappleton is a village and
civil parish in the
East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the
North Sea coastline in an area known as
Holderness, lying approximately south of the
seaside resort of
Hornsea.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Mappleton and the
hamlets of
Cowden
Cowden () is a small village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, south-west of Tonbridge. The old High Street has Grade II listed cottages and village houses, ...
,
Great Cowden and
Rolston.
According to the
2011 UK census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...
, Mappleton parish had a population of 342,
an increase on the
2001 UK census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
figure of 249.
The
parish church of All Saints is a
Grade II* listed building.
History
In 1823 Mappleton was a civil parish in the
Wapentake of
Holderness and the
Liberty of
St Peter's. The
ecclesiastical parish and church
living was under the patronage of the
Archdeacon of the East Riding. A public school was established in 1820 by subscription and run under the ideas of educationalist
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. Population at the time was 187, including the hamlet of Rolston (then 'Rowlston'). Occupations included six farmers, a carpenter, a corn miller, and a schoolmaster who was also the parish clerk. Two carriers operated between the village and
Hull
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* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
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twice weekly.
In 1991, sea defences were built in order to protect the village and
B1242 main road from intense sea
erosion that had threatened it - Holderness is the most rapidly eroding coastline in Europe. The
cliffs had been eroded at a rate of between per year on average. The £2 million project created two large
rock groynes to trap materials that are carried in the waves during
longshore drift
Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle incoming wave direction ...
as well as
revetment
A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water
...
s to break the waves. In order to protect the cliffs from undercutting, their gradient was also reduced artificially.
The success of this project has created a larger higher sandy beach for Mappleton, and the erosion has slowed to a point where it is no longer a threat to the settlement. Due to these sea defences, the area directly south of the village now suffers from an even greater rate of erosion.
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Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Holderness
Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Populated coastal places in the East Riding of Yorkshire