St Peter's Church, Reighton

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Reighton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in Reighton in the 12th century. In 1848, it was described as "extremely ancient", and it had seating for up to 104 worshippers. The church was largely rebuilt between 1897 and 1905, to a design by Frederick Stead Brodrick, Arthur Lowther and William Walker. They retained only the chancel and an arcade from the original building. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone, and has a roof partly of tile and partly of slate. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has two stages, with diagonal buttresses, two-light bell openings, and a coped parapet. The porch has a round-arched opening, and the south door has Norman jambs. Inside, there is a square Norman font, which Historic England describe as "magnificent".

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Reighton

Reighton is a village and civil parish, in North Yorkshire, England. From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Reighton was part of Dickering Wapentake. Between 1894 and 1974 Reighton was a part of the Bridlington Rural District, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. According to the 2011 UK census, Reighton parish had a population of 407, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 387. The parish also includes the nearby village of Speeton. The name Reighton derives from the Old English rictūn, possibly meaning 'settlement on a strip of land'.

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Speeton

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 easternmost settlement, but historically lay in the East Riding of Yorkshire until local government re-organisation in 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Speeton was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Bridlington, in 1866 Speeton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Reighton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 165. Speeton railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 January 1970. A local geological feature, the Speeton Clay Formation (approximately 130 million years old), was the source of an especially interesting fossil of a hermit crab. The name Speeton derives from the Old English spēctūn meaning 'speech settlement', possibly referring to council meetings being held here.

St Leonard's Church, Speeton

St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in Speeton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the early 12th century. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the simplest of buildings", and for centuries it only had windows in the south wall. The church was restored in 1905 and 1911, the work adding windows to the west wall, and again restored in 1976. It was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone, on a plinth, and has a pantile roof. The church consists of a nave, a chancel and a west tower. The tower is stepped, it has three stages, it contains round-headed bell openings, and has a swept pyramidal roof. Inside, there is a plain Norman chancel arch. The nave measures 4.5m by 6.8m, and the chancel is about half the size. There is an empty statue niche, an alms box, two piscinae, and a simple Norman tub font. In the north wall, there are two reset fragments of carved stone, probably both early 12th century.

Speeton railway station

Speeton railway station served the villages of Speeton and Reighton in North Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Scarborough to Hull and was opened on 20 October 1847 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed on 5 January 1970. The station building and the adjacent platform are still in place.

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