Map sources for Goodmanham at grid reference SE889431

Goodmanham alias Godmundin Gaham, is a small village about 2 miles to the north-east of Market Weighton. It was a parish in the wapentake of Harthill. Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Market Weighton Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Market Weighton Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Map sources for Market Weighton at grid reference SE877417 Market Weighton is a small town in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ... A wapentake is a term derived from the Old Norse, the rough equivalent of an Anglo-Saxon hundred. ... Harthill is a village in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Derbyshire. ...

The village was once the main centre of pagan worship in the north of England, with a temple dedicated to the god Wotan. For other meanings of Odin and Wotan see Odin (disambiguation) Odin (Old Norse Óðinn, Swedish Oden) is usually considered the supreme god of Germanic and Norse mythology. ...

"...the place of the idols at Goodmanham lying to the east of York beyond the Derwent." York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Derwent is the name of several rivers: Australia: Derwent River, Tasmania United Kingdom: River Derwent, Derbyshire, England; see also Upper Derwent Valley River Derwent, County Durham, England River Derwent, Cumbria, England, also the lake Derwent Water in the Lake District River Derwent, Yorkshire, England and also of one settlement: Derwent...

Christianity came to the area in 627 AD, following the conversion of Edwin of Northumbria, to the Christian faith. The temple at Goodmanham was shortly thereafter destroyed. A church now stands on or near the site. Events April 11 - Paulinus, a Roman missionary, baptizes King Edwin of Deira December 12 - Battle of Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians Births Deaths November 10 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury Categories: 627 ... Edwin (alternately Eadwine or Æduini) ( 584–October 12, 632/633) was the King of Northumbria from about 616 until his death. ...

References

• Langdale's Yorkshire Dictionary (1822)
• Baine's Directory of the County of York (1823)

External links

• Goodmanham on Market Weighton's website
• The Ancient Parish of Goodmanham
• History of the Kingdom of Northumbria - Edwin's conversion