OATFOSS is a small township in the parish of and 1 ½ miles north-west from Sigglesthorne and 4 ½ miles west from Hornsea. William Bethell esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is variable; a portion of it is light gravelly and a portion strong clay; subsoil, gravel and clay. The acreage is 1,087; rateable value, £975; the population in 1911 was 59.