Little Weighton was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Welton and the county of Yorkshire.

Aged 14, he had emigrated to Massachusetts with his Uncle Robert and cousin Ezekiel, with the dissenting community led by Rev.

Occupations at the time included six farmers and yeomen, a shoemaker, a blacksmith, a tailor, a shopkeeper and the landlord of The Black Horse public house.

[3] The village contains a small shop (which acts as a post office), a Church of England primary school, a church, a retirement home, village hall, playing fields, a garage and the former Black Horse public house.

[5] Notable residents include former David Bowie bassist Trevor Bolder[6] and former Hull City players Stan McEwan and Sam Ricketts.