Leavening, North Yorkshire
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.jpg) The Church of The Venerable Bede, Leavening |
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| Population | 377 (2011 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SE785630 |
| – London | 175 mi (282 km) S |
| Civil parish | Leavening |
| District | Ryedale |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MALTON |
| Postcode district | YO17 |
| Dialling code | 01653 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Thirsk and Malton |
Coordinates: 54°03′27″N 0°48′11″W / 54.057599°N 0.803032°W
Leavening is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale District of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 13 miles (20 km) north-east from the centre of the city and county town of York.
Leavening has a public house, a place of worship, and a primary school.
Leavening is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as in the Acklam Hundred of the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the time of the survey the settlement contained 10 households, 5 villagers, 5 smallholders, and 3 ploughlands.[2]
In 1823 Leavening was in the civil parish of Acklam, the Wapentake of Buckrose and the Liberty of St Peter's, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Population was 294, with occupations including thirteen farmers, four nurserymen, two carpenters, two grocers, three shoemakers, a blacksmith, a corn miller, a tailor, a butcher, a linen manufacturer, a schoolmaster, and the landlord of The Hare & Hounds public house.[3]
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ Leavening in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, pp. 362, 363
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