Spaunton
| Spaunton | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Spaunton village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE722899 |
| Location: | 54°17’59"N, -0°53’26"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO62 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Thirsk and Malton |
Spaunton is a hamlet in the North Riding of Yorkshire. At the 2011 census, the civil parish had a population of less than 100. It is situated near Lastingham and about five miles north-west of Pickering.
The name Spaunton derives from Old Norse and means a farmstead or settlement which had shingle roofs.[1]
Spaunton is still the setting for a Court Leet. Every year in October, the court convenes to hear cases involving encroachment on village common land and to impose penalties on violators. The full title of the court is the Manor of Spaunton Court Leet and Court Baron with View of Frankpledge.[2]
Just after 9:00 pm on the 7 October 1943, a Lancaster bomber of No. 408 Squadron RCAF from RAF Linton-on-Ouse crashed into the village with a full load of ordnance. One of the bombs exploded and killed a civilian from the village, George Strickland, as he went to see what the noise was about. He is buried in Lastingham graveyard.[3]
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 433 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Rhea, Nicholas (22 January 2016). "When sheep were big business". Darlington and Stockton Times. http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/14224382.When_sheep_were_big_business/. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ↑ "Lancaster DS724 at Spaunton village". http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/43/ds724.html. Retrieved 14 April 2017.