Leeming Bar
| Leeming Bar | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Leeming Bar | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE287900 |
| Location: | 54°18’18"N, 1°33’36"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Northallerton |
| Postcode: | DL7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Leeming Bar is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the course of the old Great North Road, which here follows the yet more ancient Dere Street, created by the Romans. The village is now the site of a large industrial estate and the main operating site of the Wensleydale Railway.
History
Leeming Bar's name is derived from the fact that it housed a Toll-House, at which a barrier barred the road requiring travellers to pay a toll.[1]
Around 1840, the barrier was moved further south towards Leeming village, as a quirk in the local bye-laws meant that people did not have to pay for travelling within 150 yards of the crossroads on either Dere Street or the Bedale to Northallerton road.[2]
The village stands just to east of the A1(M) motorway[3] and near RAF Leeming.
The village is home to the main depot of the Wensleydale Railway at Leeming Bar railway station[4] as well as the Dales & District bus company.
In 1961 a bypass was built, and another in 2012.
About the village
It used to have a Church of England church, St Augustine's, which was last used for religious services in 2010.[5] The tied C of E primary School with an average of 100 pupils remains. There are three pubs, two of which, the Reubens Inn on Bedale Road,[6] and the Corner House are also hotels.
The Leeming Bar service station was built at the junction of the old A1 road and the A684 road on the western edge of the village in 1961. In 2012, it become an official motorway service station.
A second service station with access to the A684 and the A1(M) at junction 51 was opened at Coneygarth in December 2014 (The Coneygarth Truck Stop).
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References
- ↑ Lloyd, Chris (10 July 2015). "It's a long way to Londonderry...". The Northern Echo. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/13383194.It_s_a_long_way_to_Londonderry___/.
- ↑ Speight, Harry (1897). Romantic Richmondshire. London: E Stock. p. 149. OCLC 252008733. https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog.
- ↑ Wilson, Laura (21 September 2017). "Relief as first section of A1(M) missing link opens". The Northern Echo. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15550663.Relief_as_first_section_of_A1_M__missing_link_opens/. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ↑ Breen, Julia (20 May 2013). "Quirky, with a heart of oak". The Northern Echo. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/interiors/10430416.Quirky__with_a_heart_of_oak/. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ↑ "Plaques to move if church is closed". The Northern Echo. 24 August 2010. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8348819.war-memorial-plaques-removed-st-augustines-church-leeming-bar/.
- ↑ "New hotel chief has five-year plan for success". York Press. 21 July 2011. http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9151649.New_hotel_chief_has_five_year_plan_for_success/. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
