Speeton

Speeton
St Leonards Church
Speeton Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA150746
Civil parish	Reighton
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FILEY
Postcode district	YO14
Dialling code	01723
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton

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. It is North Yorkshire's easternmost settlement, but historically lay in the East Riding of Yorkshire until local government re-organisation in 1974. It was part of the Borough of Scarborough from 1974 until 2023.

Speeton was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Bridlington,^[1] in 1866 Speeton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Reighton.^[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 165.^[3]

Former Speeton Station House

Speeton railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 January 1970.^[4]

A local geological feature, the Speeton Clay Formation (approximately 130 million years old), was the source of an especially interesting fossil of a hermit crab.^[5]

Second World War

Pillbox, eared type, Speeton.

The Second World War 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.

St Leonard's Church

St 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. The church was Grade II* listed in June 1966.^[6]

References

1. "History of Speeton, in Scarborough and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
2. "Relationships and changes Speeton CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
3. "Population statistics Speeton CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
4. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
5. René H. Fraaije (January 2003). "The oldest in situ hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK". Palaeontology. 46 (1): 53–57. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00286.
6. Historic England. "Church of St Leonard (1148130)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

• William, Foot (2006). Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940. Council for British Archaeology. ISBN 1-902771-53-2.
• "St Leonards Church, Speeton". Retrieved 9 September 2007.

External links

Media related to Speeton at Wikimedia Commons