Leeming, North Yorkshire

Not to be confused with Leeming, West Yorkshire.

Leeming
Leeming  Leeming shown within North Yorkshire
Population	2,788 (2011)
Civil parish	Exelby, Leeming and Newton
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
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Leeming is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

Geography

Leeming lies a mile east of the current A1 road, south of the larger village of Leeming Bar and north of the small hamlet of Londonderry. Nearby is the RAF base of RAF Leeming. Before the opening of the three-mile £1m bypass in 1961, the A1 passed through the village following the route of part of Dere Street, parallel and close to the main runway of the airfield.

History

The name derives from the river-name, which turned settlement-name. The etymology may be linked with British *lemanio "elm-tree", but there are other possibilities.

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The Church of Saint John the Baptist, Leeming

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In April 2008, the nearby base's remaining Tornado F3 squadron (25 Sqn) was disbanded. The base is now being redeveloped as a communications station. Two flying squadrons remain at the base, No. 100 Squadron RAF and the Northumbria University Air Squadron.

The village churchyard is the burial place of Flt Lt John Quinton GC DFC, who sacrificed himself to save an air cadet by providing the cadet with the only available parachute after a mid-air collision.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Carthorpe with a total population of 3,500.

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