Lissett

Lissett

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 54.006341
longitude= -0.255491
official_name= Lissett
population=
civil_parish= Lissett and Ulrome
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england= East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= East Yorkshire
post_town= DRIFFIELD
postcode_district = YO25
postcode_area= YO
dial_code= 01262
os_grid_reference= TA144581

Lissett is a village in the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated Convert|6|mi|km|lk=on south of Bridlington town centre and Convert|13|mi|km|lk=off 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 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 April 25, 1945. The airbase is now part of a small industrial estate in the village.

The village church, St James, is a Grade II listed building and houses the oldest dated bell in England, dated 1254.

External links

* [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s60.html Official RAF Lissett website]
* [http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_lissett.htm Church of St James of Compostela, Lissett]
*IoE|167806 - St James' Church
* [http://www.oldairfields.fotopic.net/c874786.html RAF Lissett history]


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