Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire

Lund is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Beverley town centre, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Driffield town centre, and to the east of the B1248 road.

All Saints' Church, Lund

Lund
Lund
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population308 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE970480
• London165 mi (266 km) S
Civil parish
  • Lund
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDRIFFIELD
Postcode districtYO25
Dialling code01377
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

According to the 2011 UK census, Lund parish had a population of 308,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 289.[2]

The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building.[3]

In 1823 Lund was in the Wapentake of Harthill. In the market place the remains of a market cross was used as a focus to sell goods every Thursday in Lent. The parishioners had erected a public school for an unlimited number of children. Population at the time was 357. Occupations included fifteen farmers, one of whom was in occupation of the seat of a local notable family. There were three shoemakers, three shopkeepers, two tailors, a parish clerk and a parish constable, a schoolmaster, a workhouse governess, a blacksmith, a bricklayer, a saddler, a butcher, and the landlords of The Plough, and The Lord Wellington public house. Three carriers operated between the village and Beverley and Market Weighton twice weekly.[4]

John Fancy, the Second World War airman and escapee from German captivity was born in the village.[5]

In fiction

Location sequences for the village and church of "Hinton St. John" in the Robert Donat film Lease of Life (1954) were filmed in Lund.[6]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lund Parish (1170211220)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Lund Parish (00FB091)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1103410)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. p. 364.
  5. "John Fancy". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  6. "Yorkshire on Film - Lease of Life". Dalesman. Vol. 78 no. 1. April 2016. p. 28. ISSN 0011-5800.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.
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