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OS grid reference
  
TA150746

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
YO14

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:00 PM

UK parliament constituency
  
Country
  
Post town
  
filey

Dialling code
  
01723

Shire county
  
Civil parish
  
Speeton

Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 87% Humidity

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 eastern most settlement, but historically lay in the East Riding of Yorkshire until local government re-organisation in 1974.

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Map of Speeton, Filey, UK

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

Second World War

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

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.

References

Speeton Wikipedia


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