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Spaunton Village

This is looking out of the village on the road to Lastingham or Appleton le Moors.

 

Spaunton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England Population less than 100 (2011)

 

The name Spaunton derives from Old Norse and means a farmstead or settlement which had shingle roofs. Spaunton is still the setting for a Court Leet. The court meets annually in October an decides on matters of encroachment onto the common land in the village and hands down fines to offenders

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Uploaded on May 18, 2020
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