Lissett
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OS grid reference | TA144581 |
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– London | 170 mi (270 km) S |
Civil parish | Lissett and Ulrome |
Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Ceremonial county | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DRIFFIELD |
Postcode district | YO25 |
Dialling code | 01262 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament | East Yorkshire |
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Lissett is a village in the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) south of Bridlington town centre and 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Beverley town centre on the A165 road that connects the two towns.
Together with Ulrome it forms the civil parish of Lissett and Ulrome.
In 1823 Lissett, with a population of 95, was in the parish of Beeford, and the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. A chapel of ease existed in the village.[1]
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 25 April 1945. The airbase is now part of a small industrial estate in the village. In December 2008 a 30 MW[2] wind farm housing twelve turbines each 125 metres (410 ft) high was constructed across the western end of the airfield.[3]
The village church, St James, is a Grade II listed building and houses the oldest dated bell in England, dated 1254.[4] Perhaps of 14th-century origin, it was rebuilt by Hugh Roumieu Gough in 1876. Remaining from the previous church are fragments of a Norman capital in the east wall. The east stained glass window is by Charles Eamer Kempe, with Morris-style diamond-shaped flower details and lettering.[5]
References
- ↑ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 363
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- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding p. 304; Penguin (1972); reprinted 1975, Pevsner Architectural Guides. ISBN 0140710434
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Lissett in the Domesday Book
- Church of St James, Lissett
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. - St James' Church
- Official RAF Lissett website
- RAF Lissett history