Leeming, North Yorkshire

Not to be confused with Leeming, West Yorkshire.
Leeming
Leeming
 Leeming shown within North Yorkshire
Population 2,788 (2011)[1]
Civil parishExelby, Leeming and Newton
DistrictHambleton
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°17′56″N 1°32′56″W / 54.298771°N 1.548939°W / 54.298771; -1.548939

Leeming is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

Geography

Leeming lies a mile east of the current A1 road, south of the larger village of Leeming Bar and north of the small hamlet of Londonderry. Nearby is the RAF base of RAF Leeming. Before the opening of the three-mile £1m bypass in 1961, the A1 passed through the village following the route of part of Dere Street, parallel and close to the main runway of the airfield.

History

The name derives from the river-name, which turned settlement-name. The etymology may be linked with British *lemanio "elm-tree", but there are other possibilities.

The Church of Saint John the Baptist, Leeming

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In April 2008, the nearby base's remaining Tornado F3 squadron (25 Sqn) was disbanded. The base is now being redeveloped as a communications station. Two flying squadrons remain at the base, No. 100 Squadron RAF and the Northumbria University Air Squadron.[2]

The village churchyard is the burial place of Flt Lt John Quinton GC DFC, who sacrificed himself to save an air cadet by providing the cadet with the only available parachute after a mid-air collision.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Carthorpe with a total population of 3,500.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tornados leave Leeming". BBC - North Yorkshire. BBC. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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