Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.9197°N -0.5239°W
Official Name:Lund
Static Image:Cross Lund.jpg
Static Image Caption:Village centre, Lund
Population:308
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Lund
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Beverley and Holderness
Post Town:DRIFFIELD
Postcode District:YO25
Postcode Area:YO
Dial Code:01377
Os Grid Reference:SE970480
London Distance Mi:165
London Direction:S

Lund is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6miles north-west of Beverley and 7miles south-west of Driffield. According to the 2011 UK census, Lund parish had a population of 308, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 289.

The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building.

In 1823 Lund was in the Wapentake of Harthill. In the market place the remains of a market cross was used as a focus to sell goods every Thursday in Lent. The parishioners had erected a public school for an unlimited number of children. Population at the time was 357. Occupations included fifteen farmers, one of whom was in occupation of the seat of a local notable family. There were three shoemakers, three shopkeepers, two tailors, a parish clerk and a parish constable, a schoolmaster, a workhouse governess, a blacksmith, a bricklayer, a saddler, a butcher, and the landlords of The Plough, and The Lord Wellington public house. Three carriers operated between the village and Beverley and Market Weighton twice weekly.[1]

John Fancy, the Second World War airman and escapee from German captivity was born in the village.[2]

In fiction

Location sequences for the village and church of "Hinton St. John" in the Robert Donat film Lease of Life (1954) were filmed in Lund, and nearby Beverley.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Baines, Edward. Edward Baines (1774–1848)

    . Edward Baines (1774–1848). 1823. History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. 364.

  2. News: John Fancy. 3 October 2008. The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 3 March 2010.
  3. Yorkshire on Film – Lease of Life. Dalesman. April 2016. 78. 1. 28. 0011-5800.