Leconfield

Leconfield Castle was the home of the Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland. There are extensive Tudor brick remains on the visible mound and the moat also remains.{{NHLE |desc=Moated site of Leconfield Castle |num=1007949 |grade= |accessdate=3 May 2020}} Among those born there was William Percy (1428–1462), Bishop of Carlisle.{{cite book |first=Henry |last=Summerson |title=Percy, William |series=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=7 April 2018 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-95127}} John Leland (16th century) described Leconfield Castle as a large house enclosed by a moat and a large attractive park; three quarters of the house was built of timber, the rest of brick and stone.{{cite book |last=Musson |first=Jeremy |year=2009 |title=Up and Down Stairs|location= London |publisher=John Murray |page=34}}

In 1823, Leconfield (then spelt 'Leckonfield') was a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. The parish church was under the patronage of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. A medieval Lord of the manor had been Peter de Brus, Lord of Skelton. The population in 1823 was 302, and the occupations included ten farmers, one of whom was the landlord of The Roebuck public house, a bricklayer, a shopkeeper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, and butcher, and the landlady of The Bay Horse public house.{{cite book |author-link=Edward Baines (1774–1848) |last=Baines |first=Edward |year=1823 |title=History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York |page=363}}

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Leconfield was home to RAF Leconfield until 1977, when the RAF withdrew and the Army School of Mechanical Transport (now the Defence School of Transport) took over the site.{{cite book |last=Delve |first=Ken |title=The military airfields of Britain – Northern England; County Durham, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire|year=2006|publisher=Crowood |location=Marlborough |isbn=1-86126-809-2}} However, until 2015, Leconfield was used by the RAF as an airfield for their Sea King helicopters of 202 Squadron.{{cite news |title=Villagers bid farewell to RAF crew when chopper drops in on sports field |url=https://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/villagers-bid-farewell-raf-crew-when-chopper-drops-sports-field-2238399 |access-date=3 May 2020 |work=Bridlington Free Press |date=10 March 2015 }}

The church, dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria, was designated a Grade I listed building in 1968. It features in the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England.{{NHLE |num=1103450 |desc=Church of St. Catherine |access-date=11 August 2013}}

The village used to contain a post office, which shut in 2022. Leconfield Recreation Club, with a football pitch, is located in Miles Lane.{{cite web |title=CSP Pitch Locator – Hull Boys Sunday Football League – Leconfield Recreation Club |url=http://pitchlocator.uk/pitchlocator/l61:g8435:p7/hull-boys-sunday-football-league/leconfield-recreation-club-pitch-locator |website=pitchlocator.uk |access-date=2 March 2020}}

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