Sledmere

Sledmere

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.071429
longitude = -0.576323
official_name = Sledmere
population =
civil_parish = Sledmere and Croome
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 = 01377
os_grid_reference = SE932648

Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is situated approximately Convert|7|mi|km|lk=on north west of Driffield on the B1253 road.

Together with the hamlet of Croome it forms the civil parish of Sledmere and Croome.

Local points of interest include Sledmere House, a Georgian country house. Built in 1751 by Richard Sykes, the house has remained in the Sykes family since then. It is now the home of Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th baronet.

Approximately Convert|2|mi|km|lk=off south east of the village, along the B1252 road, on top of Garton Hill stands the Sledmere Monument. The monument stands Convert|120|ft|m|lk=on tall and is a tribute to Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th baronet, built by his friends in 1865.

Another notable monument is the war memorial in the village, designed by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th baronet. The memorial is dedicated to the Wolds Wagoners Reserve, a regiment that Sir Mark Sykes raised from the local population to fight in World War I. It is noted for its unusual shape and its graphic scenes of war and country life.

Sledmere is also the site of an "Eleanor's Cross", though this is a replica, not one of the 12 original crosses.

External links

* [http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_sledmere.htm Yorkshire Wolds Villages]
* [http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/landed/sykes.html Sledmore estate papers] - University of Hull.
* [http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index.htm Yorkshire Wolds Wagoners.]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/voices2/ram/voices2_20030821.ram] - Radio4 programme presented by Melvyn Bragg on the Wolds Wagoners.


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