Lissett

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Lissett
Lissett shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA144581
Parish	Lissett and Ulrome
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	DRIFFIELD
Postcode district	YO25
Dialling code	01262
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°00′23″N 0°15′20″W / 54.006341, -0.255491

Lissett is a village in the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 6 miles south of Bridlington town centre and 13 miles north east of Beverley town centre on the A165 road that connects the two towns.

St James Church, Lissett.

Together with Ulrome it forms the civil parish of Lissett and Ulrome.

In 1942 an RAF station, RAF Lissett was built there. Its main role was to serve as a base for the Halifax Bomber 158 Squadron. It had a short life - the final mission left the airbase on April 25, 1945. The airbase is now part of a small industrial estate in the village.

The village church, St James, is a Grade II listed building and houses the oldest dated bell in England, dated 1254.