Speeton

Speeton

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Speeton
latitude = 54.154587
longitude = -0.238049
population =
shire_district = Scarborough
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster =
post_town=
postcode_district = YO14
postcode_area = YO
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = TA150746
civil_parish = Reighton

Speeton is a village in the civil parish of Reighton, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies near the edge of the coastal cliffs midway between Filey and Bridlington.

Speeton railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 January 1970.

World War II

The World War II defences constructed around Speeton have been documented by William Foot. They included a large number of pillboxes. Many of the remaining defences have been subject to coastal erosion.

t Leonard's Church

The church of St Leonard's at Speeton is one of the smallest parish churches in Yorkshire and was erected in the early Norman period, probably on the site of an earlier Saxon church. Louis Rogerson was baptised here.

References

*"William Foot" - "Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940" (Council for British Archaeology, 2006) ISBN 1-902771-53-2
* [http://yorkshire-guide.co.uk/Reighton-Speeton-Hunmanby-Gap.aspx St Leonards Church, Speeton]


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