Leeming, North Yorkshire

Leeming, North Yorkshire

Infobox UK place
official_name = Leeming
static_

static_image_caption =
country = England
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county = North Yorkshire
shire_district = Hambleton
latitude = 54.29322
longitude = -1.54478

Leeming is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

Geography

It lies a mile east of the A1 road. Nearby is the RAF base of RAF Leeming and the larger village of Leeming Bar.The three-mile £1m [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/494995 bypass] opened in 1961. The [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/355863 former] A1, part of Dere Street, runs parallel and close to the main [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/864003 runway] of the airfield. At the southern end of the runway is the small hamlet of Londonderry.

History

The name derives from the river-name, which turned settlement-name. The etymology may be linked with British *lemanio "elm-tree". However, other possibilities exist. .

In April 2008, the nearby base's remaining tornado F3 squadron (25 Sqn) was disbanded, the base is now being redeveloped as a communications station, two flying squadrons remain at the base, No. 100 Squadron RAF and the Northumbria University Air Squadron. [cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2008/04/03/tornado_video_feature.shtml
title = Tornados leave Leeming
work = BBC - North Yorkshire
publisher = BBC
accessdate = 2008-08-18]

References

External links

* [http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/leeming.htm History]
* [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/yh/leeming_forecast_weather.html Weather forecast]


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