Spaldington

The civil parish lies in the Vale of York east of the River Derwent approximately halfway between Howden and Holme on Spalding Moor. The land is predominately agricultural in use with the exception of Boothferry Golf Club. The land is at an altitude of around {{convert|5|m}} above sea level. The village of Spaldington is the only significant place of habitation in the parish, excluding farms.Ordnance Survey. 1:25,000. 2006

Spaldington lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Goole and Pocklington.

According to the 2011 UK Census, Spaldington parish had a population of 185,{{NOMIS2011

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The name is recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Spellinton. The name may refer to a river named Spalding, derived from the Old English spald "ditch or fenland river", which also gave its name to Spalding Moor. The River Spalding is not recorded, but would be the river now known as the River Foulness.{{Citation | contribution = Spaldington | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn=9780521168557 }} The name may also be derived from the tribe known as the Spalda mentioned in the 7th century Tribal Hidage, which gave rise to the tribe or district known as the Spaldingas, the "dwellers by the Spald". If that explanation is correct, Spald could refer to some other fenland river or rivers. The Spaldingas also gave their name to the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire.{{Citation | contribution = Spalding | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn=9780521168557 }}

Spaldington (Spellinton) was listed as being in the manor of Wressle (Weresa) in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE7533|name=spaldington|display=Spaldington}}

In around 1200 Eustace de Vesci and William Fitzpeter were joint lords of the manor; after de Vesci's death the manorship passed to Fitzpeter, then to his sister, to her eldest daughter who had married Peter dela Haye, then to the Vasavour's by the marriage of Isabella de la Haye to John Vavasour,{{cite book| page = [https://archive.org/details/yorkshireororig00biglgoog/page/n404 570]| first = John| last = Bigland| author-link= John Bigland| title = Yorkshire; or, Original delineations .. |url=https://archive.org/details/yorkshireororig00biglgoog| year = 1815}} father of John Vavasour died 1506.

Spaldington Hall, an Elizabethan building was a seat of the Vavasour family.{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fsQ_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA139| chapter = Spaldington| title= A Topographical Dictionary of England| first =Samuel| last = Lewis| year = 1831|volume = 4| author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |page =139}} In 1838 the Hall was demolished.{{cite book| url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51291#s2|volume=4| edition = 7th| title =A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)|pages=156–159|year = 1848| first =Samuel| last = Lewis| author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) }} By 1850 'Hall farm' (or 'Old Hall farm') had been built on top of it.Ordnance Survey. 1855 (surveyed 1851-2) Sheet 223{{PastScape|mnumber=59445|mname=Spaldington Hall|accessdate=20 June 2014}}

A church or chapel dating to as early as 1650 was still extant in 1850, but had been demolished by 1890.Ordnance Survey. 1890. Sheet 223.5{{PastScape|mnumber=59455|mname=Chapel (site)|accessdate=20 June 2014}} A Wesleyan chapel, also used as school, was built in the village in 1820.{{cite book| title = Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship: West Riding (North)| editor-first = John |editor-last = Wolffe|page = 38| publisher = Borthwick Institute, University of York| volume =1| year=2000}} By the 1830s the population (of the township) was 361.

Spaldington mill, a corn mill on the Spaldington to Willitoft road was extant in 1850, but had been demolished by 1890 leaving the mill house; in the 20th century the mill house was removed, and the site levelled and field boundaries removed by the 1970s.{{PastScape|mnumber=1581760|mname=Spaldington Mill|accessdate=20 June 2014}}Ordnance Survey 1854 (surveyed 1859-51) Sheet 222; 1890 Sheet 222.8; 1958 1:10560; 1972 1:2500; 1974–7 1:10000

The airship station RNAS Howden was built in the southern part of the parish in the early 20th century, opening in 1916, and closing in 1930.

File:Spaldington, Water Tower Beside the A614 Between Howden and Welhambridge - geograph.org.uk - 87792.jpg

In 1953 F. Hall & Sons constructed a water tower for Howden Rural District Council at the A614 / Spaldington Lane junction.{{cite web | url =http://www.hallgroup.co.uk/history| title =our History|work = www.hallgroup.co.uk |at = 1950's| access-date = 20 June 2014}}

In 2009, two planning applications were submitted for wind farms.

Volkswind applied to build seven 2.3 MW turbines on Spaldington Common east of Spaldington; the application was refused in September 2010, the company appealed the decision, and the appeal was rejected in 2011.{{cite web|url = http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/newpublicaccess/caseDetails.do?keyVal=KTEJZ9BJ0JM00&caseType=Application| title = (09/04568/STPLFE) Erection of 7 no. wind turbines, control building/sub station, anemometer meteorological mast, transformer units, construction compound and associated access | publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council| date = 19 November 2009|access-date=20 June 2014}}

Falck Renewables and Coriolis Energy submitted an application for five 2.3 MW wind turbines, {{convert|126|m}} tip height with {{convert|92|m}} diameter blades, to be built west of the village on Spaldington Airfield; Spaldington parish council and a large number of residents objected to the scheme; the application was refused in September 2010, but allowed on appeal (under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) in 2011 (appeal reference APP/E2001/A/10/2137617).{{cite web| url=http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/newpublicaccess/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=KTCO7WBJ0O500| title = (09/04550/STPLFE) Erection of No.5 2–3 megawatt wind turbines, anemometry mast, control building, construction of vehicular access and ancillary infrastructure| publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council|date = 18 November 2009| access-date = 20 June 2014}} Falck Renewables expected construction to begin in 2013, with the wind farm operational by late 2014.{{cite web| url=http://www.falckrenewables.eu/attivita/elenco/spaldington-airfield/overview.aspx?sc_lang=en| title = Spaldington Airfield| work = www.falckrenewables.eu| access-date = 20 June 2014}}

In 2012 an application was submitted by RWE npower renewables for a third wind farm (River Valley Wind Farm) of six 2–3 MW wind turbines between Welham Bridge and Gribthorpe partly within the northern boundary of the parish. The application was refused in August 2013, and the developer submitted an appeal.{{cite news| url = http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Spaldington-villagers-braced-new-wind-farm-fight/story-15223086-detail/story.html| title = Spaldington villagers braced for new wind farm fight| date = 14 February 2014|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=29 January 2015}}{{cite web| url = http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/newpublicaccess/caseDetails.do?keyVal=MD4HQTBJI2000&caseType=Application| title= (12/04561/STPLFE) Erection of No.6 wind turbines (up to 81.5m to hub, 128m to tip) with associated crane hard-standing, external transformers, sub-surface cabling and on site access tracks, with ditch culverts where required, erection of a sub-station building and compound ...| date = 7 November 2012|publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council| access-date = 20 June 2014}}

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