Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Infobox UK place
official_name= Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
country= England
static_

static_image_caption= Rose Farm by Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
population= 2,948 (2001 census)
os_grid_reference= SE805385
latitude= 53.83653
longitude= -0.77820
post_town= YORK
postcode_area= YO
postcode_district= YO43
dial_code= 01430
constituency_westminster= Haltemprice and Howden
civil_parish= Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
unitary_england= East Riding of Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england= East Riding of Yorkshire

Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (also known as Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor) is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately convert|8|mi|km|lk=on north east of Howden and convert|5|mi|km|lk=off south west of Market Weighton. It lies on the A163 road where it joins the A164 road.

In terms of major cities, the village is closest to York which is just under convert|20|mi|km|lk=off away, while Hull is convert|23|mi|km|lk=off away. The civil parish is formed by the village of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor and the hamlets of Bursea, Hasholme, Tollingham and Welhambridge. According to the 2001 UK census, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor parish had a population of 2,948.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790977&c=Holme&d=16&e=15&g=390947&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211037364568&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Holme upon Spalding Moor CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-17
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics]

History

Holme-on-Spalding-Moor village is named for its location on the Spalding Moor. In very early censuses of England (before the 16th century) the village was sometimes listed as Holme, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, though there is little evidence of any other towns scattered across the moor at that or any time. The word Holme is Danish of origin and means "island".

Spalding Moor was a marsh, dominated by a single hill which consists of Keuper marl; on the hill a small church was built in the 13th century. The village was built on the holme around the church, hence the name. Spalding Moor now is lightly cultivated and has been largely tamed.

Through the 17th and 18th centuries, the main occupation for people in the village was growing and dressing hemp. This gave rise to it sometimes been referred to as "Hemp-Holme".

A late Iron Age logboat (750-390 bc), now known as the Hasholme Logboat, was discovered at Hasholme in the south-east of the parish.

RAF

The moor was the site of a Royal Air Force station, RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, which was active during World War II and for several years thereafter as a bomber facility, being officially closed in 1954 and transferred to the U.S. Air Force. The USAF moved out in 1957, and the field was sold to a private firm.

It continued in private hands until 1984, when its last tenant, British Aerospace, moved out. It was in a rather dilapidated condition by that time, and upon its closing several of the more notable buildings were destroyed and the runways removed. The hangars and several other buildings remain and are used by a variety of industrial and agricultural tenants, though all are in various states of disrepair.

ervices

There are a few local convenience stores, a high street bank, a post office, a bakery and butchers, 2 takeaway restaurants, a pharmacy and doctors surgery, 4 pubs, a mobile library with internet access. Holme on Spalding Moor is ADSL enabled (with speeds of up to 8 MB). The village's football team Holme Rovers were founded in 1922 by locals and continues to exist today. They are current in the East Riding County League Premier division, past honours include winning the top level of the York Football League during the 1962-63 season and the East Riding Senior Cup in 2007.

Since 1989 Holme CP school is twinned with a primary school in Lemgo, Germany.Once a year about 20 to 30 students visit Grundschule Hörstmar for one week.

Notable people

*Marmaduke Langdale — prominent royalist commander of the English Civil War. Langdale had fought alongside Prince Rupert and the Marquess of Newcastle at the Battle of Marston Moor, prior to the war he was the High Sheriff of Yorkshire and later a Catholic convert. Awarded the title "Baron Langdale of Holme" in 1658 where his family was based at Holme Hall passed on through generations until 1777.

References

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Holmeonspaldingmoor/HolmeOnSpaldingMoorHistory.html Holme On Spalding Moor History]
* [http://www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Holme_Upon_Spalding_Moor.htm RAF Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield]