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St Hilda's Community Church Marfleet
stands at the north-east corner of Annandale Road and Ivybridge Walk in Marfleet.
The area is part of the Greatfield Estate, which is also the location of Craven Park,
home to Hull Kingston Rovers rugby team. The church was dedicated in 1960 as a chapel
of ease to the Marfleet parish church of St Giles (see below). It was designed by
H R Spencer and was built partly from funds provided by the Humberside Appeal for
Church Extension.
Early Marfleet belonged to a cell at Burstall in Holderness which was part of the
Abbey of St Martin D'Auchy, Aumale (SeineInférieure). This included the parish
church of St Giles (see below), which was a chapelry of the parish church of Paull,
a church which was given in 1115 by Stephen, earl of Aumale, along with other
Holderness churches, to St Martin D'Auchy. In 1395 Marfleet, along with the other
English possessions of St Martin's, was granted to Kirkstall Abbey.
St Giles Parish Church of Marfleet
sits at the eastern end of Church Lane, off Marfleet Lane. The first church on this
village site was mentioned about 1217 as a chapel of ease to the parish of Paull when
it was endowed with an acre of meadow land by Adam de Marfleet. Marfleet remained a
chapel of ease to Paull at least until 1650, when it was said to be 'fit to be made
a parish'. By 1706 it was described as a parish church. No details of the medieval
church exist.
In 1793 work began to rebuild the church. The new church, designed by George Pycock
of Hull consisted of a nave with Gothic windows and a cupola over the west gable.
The church was in bad shape in 1865, and was subsequently demolished after suffering
severe flooding. The present Geometric style church was built in 1883-1884, designed
by J T Webster of Hedon. It consists of a nave, with a portal at the west end carried
up into a bell turret, a chancel, and a vestry.