Stillingfleet


Stillingfleet is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It is about south of York and nearby settlements include Acaster Selby, Naburn and Appleton Roebuck.
Stillingfleet was once the site of UK Coal's Stillingfleet Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield, which closed in 2004.
The parish church of St Helen's is a grade I listed building.

Toponymy

The origin of the name 'Stillingfleet' lies in Old English. The name means 'stretch of river belonging to the family or followers of a man called Styfel', and is composed of the elements Styfel, inga and fleot. The village was recorded as Steflingefled in the Domesday Book.

1833 drowning

On Boxing Day 1833, 11 members of a party of carol singers from Stillingfleet were drowned when their boat overturned in the nearby River Ouse.