Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
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  Holme-on-Spalding-Moor shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire |
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| Population | 2,948 (2001 census)[1] |
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| Parish | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
| Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Ceremonial county | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO43 |
| Dialling code | 01430 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Haltemprice and Howden |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (also known as Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor) is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles north east of Howden and 5 miles south west of Market Weighton. It lies on the A163 road where it joins the A164 road.
In terms of major cities, the village is closest to York which is just under 20 miles away, while Hull is 23 miles away. The civil parish is formed by the village of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor and the hamlets of Bursea, Hasholme, Tollingham and Welhambridge. According to the 2001 UK census, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor parish had a population of 2,948.[1]
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[edit] History
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor village is named for its location on the Spalding Moor. In very early censuses of England (before the 16th century) the village was sometimes listed as Holme, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, though there is little evidence of any other towns scattered across the moor at that or any time. The word Holme is Danish of origin and means island.
Spalding Moor was a marsh, dominated by a single hill which consists of Keuper marl; on the hill a small church was built in the 13th century. The village was built on the holme around the church, hence the name. Spalding Moor now is lightly cultivated and has been largely tamed.
Through the 17th and 18th centuries, the main occupation for people in the village was growing and dressing hemp. This gave rise to it sometimes been referred to as "Hemp-Holme".
A late Iron Age logboat (750-390 bc), now known as the Hasholme Logboat, was discovered at Hasholme in the south-east of the parish.
[edit] RAF
The moor was the site of a Royal Air Force station, RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, which was active during World War II and for several years thereafter as a bomber facility, being officially closed in 1954 and transferred to the U.S. Air Force. The USAF moved out in 1957, and the field was sold to a private firm.
It continued in private hands until 1984, when its last tenant, British Aerospace, moved out. It was in a rather dilapidated condition by that time, and upon its closing several of the more notable buildings were destroyed and the runways removed. The hangars and several other buildings remain and are used by a variety of industrial and agricultural tenants, though all are in various states of disrepair.
[edit] Miscellanea
There are a few local convenience stores, a high street bank, a post office, a bakery and butchers, 2 takeaway restaurants, a pharmacy and doctors surgery, 4 pubs, a mobile library with internet access. Holme on Spalding Moor is ADSL enabled (with speeds of up to 8 MB).
The village's football team Holme Rovers were founded in 1922 by locals and continues to exist today. They are current in the East Riding County League Premier division, past honours include winning the top level of the York Football League during the 1962-63 season.
Since 1989 Holme CP school is twinned with a primary school in Lemgo, Germany. Once a year about 20 to 30 students visit Grundschule Hörstmar for one week.
[edit] Notable people
- Marmaduke Langdale — prominent royalist commander of the English Civil War. Langdale had fought alongside Prince Rupert and the Marquess of Newcastle at the Battle of Marston Moor, prior to the war he was the High Sheriff of Yorkshire and later a Catholic convert. Awarded the title Baron Langdale of Holme in 1658 where his family was based at Holme Hall passed on through generations until 1777.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Holme upon Spalding Moor CP (Parish). Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
