Leeming, North Yorkshire
Geography
Leeming lies a mile east of the current A1(M) 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 3-mile (4.8 km) £1 million bypass in October 1961, the A1 passed through the village following the path of Dere Street, parallel and close to the main runway of the airfield.
Climate
| Climate data for Leeming (North Yorkshire): Average maximum and minimum temperatures, and average rainfall recorded between 1991 and 2020 by the Met Office.elevation: 32 m (105 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.65 (42.17) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.8 (2.12) |
44.0 (1.73) |
39.4 (1.55) |
46.2 (1.82) |
43.8 (1.72) |
58.8 (2.31) |
56.2 (2.21) |
65.3 (2.57) |
56.9 (2.24) |
65.0 (2.56) |
64.8 (2.55) |
59.5 (2.34) |
653.7 (25.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 121.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.1 | 81.7 | 121.5 | 153.8 | 195.0 | 175.9 | 185.5 | 171.2 | 132.7 | 93.4 | 63.7 | 54.2 | 1,486.7 |
| Source: Met Office | |||||||||||||
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. An archaeological survey undertaken on Kelsall Villa (a Roman site near to Leeming Bar) describes it as deriving from the river with Leming meaning bright stream.
In April 2008, the nearby base's remaining Tornado F3 squadron (25 Sqn) was disbanded. The base has been redeveloped as a communications station with the formation of No. 90 Signals Unit, the first elements of which began arriving in 2006. Three flying squadrons remain at the base, 11 Squadron (Qatar), Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron and the Yorkshire Universities 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.
Biogas plant
In July 2016, an £18 million biogas plant was opened at the southern end of the village adjacent to RAF Leeming. The Clapham Lodge facility takes in 80,000 tonnes (88,000 tons) of food waste annually from local farms and food manufacturers and produces biogas (biomethane) and fertiliser from its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. The plant generates approximately 7,000,000 cubic metres (250,000,000 cu ft) of biogas per year which is fed directly into the Northern Gas Network pipeline and is enough to power almost 4,800 homes. The fertiliser is then sold off to local farms.
Local firms such as R & R foods (based at Leeming Bar) and Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes both supply waste product for use in the biogas plant. Wensleydale Creamery, famous for producing Wensleydale cheese, signed a contract in 2019 for the biogas plant to take on the whey by-product from their cheesemaking. This will add an additional 1,000,000 cubic metres (35,000,000 cu ft) of green gas to the plants' output every year, which is enough to power 800 homes.
See also
References
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Exelby, Leeming and Newton Parish (1170216837)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Lloyd, Chris (10 July 2015). "It's a long way to Londonderry..." The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "SE28" (Map). Bedale & Masham. 1:25,000. Ordnance Survey. 1951.
- ^ "Leeming (North Yorkshire) UK climate averages". metoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Kelsall Villa, Leeming Lane, Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire" (PDF). archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. April 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ Dent, Stephen, ed. (2005). The Royal Air Force handbook : the definitive guide by the MoD. London: Putnam Aeronautical. p. 138. ISBN 1857533844.
- ^ "Tornados leave Leeming". BBC – North Yorkshire. BBC. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "RAF Leeming: And then there were two | RAF Leeming Station Facebook Page". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Dunlop, Tom (25 November 2021). "Britain and Qatar unveil new Joint Hawk jet squadron". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Walker, Andy (11 August 2011). "Air disaster will be commemorated". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Leeming 2011 Census Ward (1237325069)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "European biomethane map 2018" (PDF). european-biogas.eu. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Bridgen, Mike (21 November 2014). "Digester will transform food waste into green energy gas". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Leeming Biogas". Veolia UK. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Gyekye, Liz, ed. (July 2016). "JFS and Iona open £18m AD plant in North Yorkshire". Bioenergy Insight. 7 (4). Morden, Surrey: Woodcote Media: 10. ISSN 2046-2476.
- ^ "Cheese waste to produce 'green' gas". BBC News. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Newton, Grace (17 June 2019). "Cheese waste from the Wensleydale Creamery is going to be used to heat homes". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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