Tockwith

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Tockwith is a village in North Yorkshire near the town of Wetherby and the city of York. There has been a village on the site since at least 1086 when Tocvi was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tockwith's greatest claim to fame is being used as a staging post by Oliver Cromwell prior to the battle of Marston Moor in 1644.

This is well presented throughout the village as many of the houses and streets have names relating to the civil war in which the battle of Marston Moor was held. For example, Prince Rupert Drive and Ralph Garth.

Tockwith has two Public Houses, the Spotted Ox and the Boot and Shoe, a Costcutter shop, and a hair dressing salon. The airfield in the village was active during the second world war. An interesting fact about the airfield in tockwith is that during WWII it was not called Tockwith because on radio it sounded too similar to the village of Tocliffe. It was, therefore, known as Air Field Marston Moor. The airfield is now used as a Go Kart track and a driver training school.