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Hollym
The Village has been spelt in several ways through the centuries, starting with Holderness Lake in the Domesday Book, then Holam, Holoyme,Holeym and Halym – all these Anglian names mean ‘homestead near the hollow’.
The Location of Hollym is 3 Miles North-East of Patrington, 13 Miles East of Hedon and 2 Miles from Withernsea.
Hollym lies on fertile boulder clay with red clay subsoil and is 7m above sea level but reaching 15m at one point in the South of the village; near the Winestead Drain it is 7m below Sea Level!
Hollym, like many places in Holderness is a long scattered village with parallel streets, Northside Road and Southside Road (now South Carr Dales Road) extending on either side of fields enclosed in the last century. The old farmsteads all had their garths extending north and south towards these roads which have Vicar Lane, Church Lane Gilliescliffe Lane (now the main road) and Manor Lane as linked cross streets.
The Pinfold
The Pinfold was renovated in 1982 using large stones and boulders collected from the village. It had previously become totally overrun with weeds and nettles. It has no gate now but is a pleasant place to sit and think a while on the bench placed in memory of Kathleen Fisher who gave so much to the village and wrote about Hollym in her book – Hollym ‘A Yorkshire Village’.
The Pinfold is now planted with Roses, Spring Bulbs and Shrubs together with a Tree planted to commemorate VE/VJ Day and a ‘Time Capsule’ buried by the Children of the Village on 28/08/2000.