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Skipwith Common
Skipwith Common is a national nature reserve south of Skipwith, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of only three areas within the Vale of York that represent what the area was like before intensive agriculture took over. Natural England have described the reserve as having "international importance" on account of "its wet and dry heathland". The site used to be common land, and has seen use in the Bronze Age, during the Early modern European period, when it was harvested for peat, and during the 20th century when it was partly incorporated into an airfield during the Second World War. The site was given the designation of SSSI in 1958, SAC in 2004 and NNR in 2010.
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Ouse and Derwent
Ouse and Derwent was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the westerly part of the county, between the River Ouse and the River Derwent. Established in medieval times, it ceased to have much significance in the 19th century when the wapentakes were superseded by other administrative divisions for most local government purposes.
The area of the wapentake was transferred to the North Yorkshire county council in 1974.
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Skipwith
Skipwith is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Selby and 10 miles (16 km) south-east of York in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically in the East Riding of Yorkshire. After the 1974 local government reorganisation Skipwith was in the Selby District of the shire county of North Yorkshire. In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a unitary authority.
The name Skipwith derives from the Old English scēpwīc meaning 'sheep trading settlement'. Wīc was later changed to the Old Norse viðr meaning 'wood'.
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Skipwith railway station
Skipwith railway station served the village of Skipwith, North Yorkshire, England from 1912 to 1968 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway.
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RAF Riccall
RAF Riccall is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3.1 miles (5 km) north east of Selby, North Yorkshire and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south west of Elvington, North Yorkshire, England.