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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.
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Riccall railway station
Riccall railway station was a railway station which served the village of Riccall, north of Selby, on the East Coast Main Line. It was opened in 1871, closed to passengers in 1958 and then closed to goods services in 1964; the station building is now a private dwelling. In 1983 the Selby Diversion was opened which led to the closure of the railway line through Riccall; the former trackbed is now the route of the A19 around the village.
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Riccal Rural District
Riccal was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1935.
It was formed in 1894 from that part of the Selby rural sanitary district which was in the East Riding (the rest in the West Riding, going on to form Selby Rural District).
The rural district contained eight civil parishes:
Barlby
Cliffe cum Lund
Kelfield
North Duffield
Osgodby
Riccall
South Duffield
Skipwith
In 1935, under a County Review Order made under the Local Government Act 1929, it was abolished, and mostly became part of a new Derwent Rural District, with a small part going to Howden Rural District.
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Riccall
Riccall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lying 3.5 miles (6 km) to the north of Selby and 9 miles (14 km) south of York. Riccall is noted for being the place where Harold Hardrada's force of invaders landed in 1066, just before the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the Second World War, an RAF base was built north of the village, and between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, coal was mined from beneath the village as Riccall Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield.
According to the 2011 census the parish had a total population of 2,332.
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St Mary's Church, Riccall
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Riccall, a village north of Selby in North Yorkshire, England.
The oldest part of the church are the three western bays of the nave, which date from the mid- or late-12th century. The tower was built around the end of that century, then in the early 13th century, arcades were added, followed in the late 13th century by the chancel and north chapel. The chancel was repaired some time after 1472, when a south chapel was added. Between then and the English Reformation, the nave was heightened, a rood loft added, the aisles were widened, and a porch was built.
Between 1862 and 1877, the church was heavily restored by John Loughborough Pearson. He rebuilt the tower and heightened it, constructed a new east window, roofs and porch, and rebuilt parts of other walls. In 1966, the church was grade I listed.
The church is built of Magnesian Limestone and has a Welsh slate roof. The tower is at the west end and has two stages, while the nave is of five bays, with aisles, and the chancel has two bays. Some windows on the north side are Perpendicular, but most date from the 19th century.
The church's most noted feature is the south doorway, built in the 1150s and reset twice, most recently in the 15th century. It has three orders of arches and its voussoirs are decorated with a variety of Biblical, mythological and everyday scenes. Some designs have been held to have a Viking influence. Inside, there are remains of a brass dedicated to Maud and Robert Kelsey, dating from about 1500, two Baroque wall tablets, and a coat of arms of George III, painted in 1792. There is also a 17th-century communion rail.