Leconfield

Leconfield is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Beverley town centre. It lies on the A164 road. The civil parish consists of the villages of Leconfield and Arram and the hamlet of Scorborough. According to the 2011 UK census, Leconfield parish had a population of 2,127,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,990.[2]

Leconfield
Leconfield Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	2,127 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	TA015436
• London	160 mi (260 km) S
Civil parish	Leconfield
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BEVERLEY
Postcode district	HU17
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness

History

Leconfield Castle was the home of the Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland. There are extensive Tudor brick remains on the visible mound and the moat also remains.[3] Among those born there was William Percy (1428–1462), Bishop of Carlisle.[4]

In 1823, Leconfield (then spelt 'Leckonfield') was a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. The parish church was under the patronage of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. A medieval Lord of the manor had been Peter de Brus, Lord of Skelton. The population in 1823 was 302, and the occupations included ten farmers, one of whom was the landlord of The Roebuck public house, a bricklayer, a shopkeeper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, and butcher, and the landlady of The Bay Horse public house.[5]

Community

Church of Saint Catherine, Leconfield.

Leconfield was home to RAF Leconfield until 1977, when the RAF withdrew and the Army School of Mechanical Transport (now the Defence School of Transport) took over control of the site.[6] However, until 2015, Leconfield was used by the RAF as an airfield for their Sea King helicopters of 202 Squadron.[7]

The church, dedicated to St Catherine, was designated a Grade I listed building in 1968. It features in the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England.[8]

The village contains a post office. Leconfield Recreation Club, with a football pitch, is located in Miles Lane.[9]

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Leconfield Parish (1170211216)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Leconfield Parish (00FB087)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
3. Historic England. "Moated site of Leconfield Castle (1007949)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. Summerson, Henry. Percy, William. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
5. Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 363.
6. Delve, Ken (2006). The military airfields of Britain – Northern England; County Durham, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. Marlborough: Crowood. ISBN 1-86126-809-2.
7. "Villagers bid farewell to RAF crew when chopper drops in on sports field". Bridlington Free Press. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
8. Historic England. "Church of St. Catherine (1103450)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
9. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

• Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.

External links

• Leconfield in the Domesday Book