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Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
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| Holme-on-Spalding-Moor | |
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| Population | 2,948 (Parish) |
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| Parish | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
| Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Ceremonial county | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO43 |
| Dial code | 01430 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | Haltemprice and Howden |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (also known as Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor) is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles north east of Howden and 5 miles south west of Market Weighton. It lies on the A163 road where it joins the A164 road.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor and the hamlets of Bursea, Hasholme, Tollingham and Welhambridge. According to the 2001 UK census, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor parish had a population of 2,948.
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Holme-on-Spalding-Moor village is named for its location on the Spalding Moor. In very early censuses of England (before the 16th century) the village was sometimes listed as Holme, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, though there is little evidence of any other towns scattered across the moor at that or any time. The word Holme is Danish of origin and means "island".
Spalding Moor was a marsh, dominated by a single hill which consists of Keuper marl; on the hill a small church was built in the 13th century. The village was built on the holme around the church, hence the name. Spalding Moor now is lightly cultivated and has been largely tamed.
Through the 17th and 18th century, the main occupation for people in the village was growing and dressing hemp. This gave rise to it sometimes been referred to as "Hemp-Holme".
A late Iron Age logboat (750-390 bc), now known as the Hasholme Logboat, was discovered at Hasholme in the south-east of the parish.
The moor was the site of a Royal Air Force station, RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, which was active during World War II and for several years thereafter as bomber facility, being officially closed in 1954 and transferred to the U.S. Air Force. The USAF moved out in 1957, and the field was sold to a private firm.
It continued in private hands until 1984, when its last tenant, British Aerospace, moved out. It was in a rather dilapidated condition by that time, and upon its closing several of the more notable buildings were destroyed and the runways removed. The hangars and several other buildings remain and are used by a variety of industrial and agricultural tenants, though all are in various states of disrepair.
There are a few local convenience stores, a high street bank, a post office, a bakery and butchers, 2 takeaway restaurants, a pharmacy and doctors surgery, 4 pubs, a mobile library with internet access. Holme on Spalding Moor is ADSL enabled (with speeds of up to 8mbits). The village's football team; Holme Rovers are current in the East Riding County League Premier division.