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Arram is a small (population 200) farming village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north of the market town of Beverley and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Leconfield. It forms part of the civil parish of Leconfield. The main features are a small railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line, proximity to RAF Leconfield and a red phonebox. The village has a fishing venue on the tidal River Hull. The road from Leconfield is one continuous corner due to being moved in the 1970s to accommodate the lengthening of the runway for Vulcan Bombers. The Beverley Minster Way Walk goes through Arram.
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Arram railway station
Arram railway station serves the small village of Arram in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. It is mentioned in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
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Defence School of Transport
The Defence School of Transport (DST) Leconfield is located at Normandy Barracks, Leconfield near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire in England.
It is a tri-service organisation which forms part of the Defence College of Support. It teaches driver and transport management training to personnel from the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines.
The site was formerly RAF Leconfield which closed in 1977 when the Army School of Mechanical Transport moved in. The school was renamed the Defence School of Transport in 1996, when it took on responsibility for training personnel of all three British armed forces.
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RAF Leconfield
Royal Air Force Leconfield or more simply RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station located in Leconfield (near Beverley), East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The site is now used by the MoD Defence School of Transport Leconfield or DST Leconfield.
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Eske
Eske is a hamlet in the civil parish of Tickton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the town of Beverley and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Tickton. It lies just to the east of the River Hull.
The name Eske derives from the Old English æsc and the Old Norse eski meaning 'ash tree'.
Eske was the ancestral home of the Jackson family, beginning with Richard (1505?–1555). His great-grandson, Sir Anthony Jackson II was a prominent courtier with both Charles I and Charles II Stuart, and is interred at the Temple Church of the Inner Temple in London.
Eske was formerly a township in the parish of Beverley, in 1866 Eske became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Tickton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 52.
Eske Manor is a mid-17th-century house that was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1987 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.