Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates: 53°55′11″N 0°31′26″W / 53.919691°N 0.523916°W
Lund is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Beverley town centre, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Driffield town centre, and to the east of the B1248 road.
According to the 2011 UK census, Lund parish had a population of 308,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 289.[2]
The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
In 1823 Lund was in the Wapentake of Harthill. In the market place the remains of a market cross was used as a focus to sell goods every Thursday in Lent. The parishioners had erected a public school for an unlimited number of children. Population at the time was 357. Occupations included fifteen farmers, one of whom was in occupation of the seat of a local notable family. There were three shoemakers, three shopkeepers, two tailors, a parish clerk and a parish constable, a schoolmaster, a workhouse governess, a blacksmith, a bricklayer, a saddler, a butcher, and the landlords of The Plough, and The Lord Wellington public house. Three carriers operated between the village and Beverley and Market Weighton twice weekly.[4]
John Fancy, the Second World War airman and escapee from German captivity was born in the village.[5]
Location sequences for the village of "Hinton St. John" in the film Lease of Life (1954) were filmed in Lund.
References
- 1 2 "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics: Area: Lund CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Lund CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1103410)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 364
- ↑ "John Fancy". The Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group Limited). 3 October 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.
External links
Media related to Lund at Wikimedia Commons- Lund in the Domesday Book
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