Waxholme

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.746832
longitude= 0.010893
official_name= Waxholme
population=
civil_parish= Rimswell
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england= East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Beverley and Holderness
post_town= WITHERNSEA
postcode_district = HU19
postcode_area= HU
dial_code= 01964
os_grid_reference= TA327297

Waxholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast approximately Convert|1|mi|km|lk=on north west of Withernsea, off the B1242 road.It forms part of the civil parish of Rimswell.

Etymology

Waxholme means "village where wax (from bees) is produced. The first element of the name is Old English "weax" "wax".

Despite the place-name ending in "-holme" (which is normally from Old Norse "holmr" "island, water-meadow", it is not from this word. Instead the ending is Old English "ham" "homestead", rather than the similar Old English "hamm" "river-meadow, bend in river", despite the village's proximity to the River Humber. The name was recorded as "Wexnem" in 1162.