Kirkby Fleetham

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Kirkby Fleetham
Western end of Kirkby Fleetham
Kirkby Fleetham shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE286944
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°20′42″N 1°33′40″W / 54.3451, -1.5612

Kirkby Fleetham is a large village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England about 1 mile east of the A1 road. It is almost adjoined to 2 other villages, Great Fencote and Little Fencote; Great Langton is also in close vicinity. It has a population of 556. There is a local Pub/Bed & Breakfast called The Black Horse and the village has a Shop/Post office. There is a church 1 mile outside of the village alongside a large former home known as Fleetham Hall - this has gone through several disguises including Hotel and "country retreat". The River Swale runs close to the village on the east side and the A1 motorway runs approx 1 mile to the west of the village.

The village also lies under the landing flight path of RAF Leeming.

The moated site in the parish at grid reference SE284942, south of the Three Tuns Inn, is a scheduled ancient monument.^[1]

[edit] References

^ S W Quartermain, Director of Planning and Environmental Services, Hambleton District Council (2006). Annex 3: Historic Environment - DP31 & DP32 and List of Scheduled Monuments. Development Policies - Preferred Options; Consultation January-February 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.