Between Sledmere and Bridlington, on the old roman road between York and the coast, lies the small hamlet of Rudston, an ancient hamlet with origins possibly dating back to Neolithic times.
In the surrounding vicinity there is evidence of pre-historic earth banks, square and round barrows with Neolithic and Bronze Age burials, Iron Age graves and chariot burials and it is even suggested that the main village street may once have been a Neolithic track.