Driffield
High Street, Driffield Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
Arms of Driffield Town Council
Driffield shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	11,477 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	TA023577
Parish	Driffield
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DRIFFIELD
Postcode district	YO25
Dialling code	01377
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

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Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Other English towns and villages of this name include Little Driffield and Driffield, Gloucestershire. The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Little Driffield is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated on the Western outskirts of Great Driffield. ...

The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. According to the 2001 UK census, Driffield parish had a population of 11,477.^[1] Little Driffield is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated on the Western outskirts of Great Driffield. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...

Location

Driffield lies in the Yorkshire Wolds, on the Driffield Navigation (canal), and near the source of the River Hull. Driffield lies on the A614, A166 and B1249, and on the Yorkshire Coast rail line from Bridlington to Hull. It is situated next to Little Driffield, where Aldfrith of Northumbria was reputedly buried, and is also very close to Nafferton, Hutton Cranswick and Wansford. Driffield is named the Capital of the Wolds, mainly through virtue of its favourable location between Bridlington, Beverley and York. The Yorkshire Wolds are an area of low hills and valleys in the East Riding of Yorkshire in North-Eastern England. ... The newly restored swing bridge at Brigham The Driffield Navigation is a 11 mile (17. ... The River Hull is a river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. ... The A614 The A614 is a road running through the counties of Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 6 in Great Britain starting east of the A6 & A7 roads and west of the A1. ... The B1249 is a B road that connects the A64 via Foxholes, Langtoft, Driffield, Wansford, Church End, North Frodingham, Beeford, Upton to Skipsea. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Bridlington beach, from the North Pier Bridlington is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Little Driffield is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated on the Western outskirts of Great Driffield. ... Aldfrith (died December 14, 704) was a King of Northumbria (685 - 704). ... Nafferton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... , St. ... Wansford is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Skerne and Wansford. ... Bridlington beach, from the North Pier Bridlington is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... Arms of Beverley For other uses, see Beverley (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see York (disambiguation). ...

The town is served by Driffield railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line. Driffield railway station serves the town of Driffield in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

Description

Driffield c.1838

Driffield contains a small community hospital, small Fire, Police and Ambulance Stations, several churches - the largest being the All Saints Parish Church, whose bells were restored for the millennium, - and a fairly small high street. There is also an area of parkland close to the parish church alongside the stream (Driffield Beck) that runs roughly parallel to the high street.

There are a two infant schools, one larger primary school (Driffield Junior School), and a large secondary school, known simply as Driffield School. Driffield School contains a sixth form, and so offers education up to A level standard. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... A primary school in Český Těšín, Czech Republic. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13 (usually ages 16-18), commonly called the Sixth Form except for Scotland), or at...

The local cattle market, despite former glories closed after the 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis. Notice telling people to keep off the North York Moors. ...

Local businesses include printers Alma Printers and Horsley and Dawsons, and Roger Bentley (Power Equipment)and. Public Houses include the Original Keys (formerly the Ferret and Sprout), the Buck, the Full Measure, the Rose and Crown, The Mariner's Arms and the Norseman. Old standby's to the town's catering services include The Water Margin and Mario's. The town's main hotel is the "Bell Hotel", an old coaching inn, in the centre of the town, which has a substantial selection of whiskies. Its many facilities include the former Town Hall, which was bought by the hotel's owner and is now a function suite and gym / leisure centre. Recent additions (i.e. late 2006) to the town's night-time scene include The Lounge and The London Bar.

The town is home to the country's largest one-day annual agricultural show, as well as the Driffield Steam And Vintage Rally - an event showcasing historical vehicles, traction engines, fairground organs and so on. A particular focus is placed upon agricultural history, with demonstrations of ploughing and threshing often taking place. The Grand Parade at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. ... // A traction engine is a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. ... Fairground organ A fairground organ is a pipe organ which is not played from a keyboard, but rather by mechanical means such as music roll or book music, and designed originally to be used on a fairground or in the United States on a carousel or in a dance-hall... Threshing is the process of beating cereal plants in order to separate the seeds or grains from the straw. ...

Traditions

It is also tradition for the townspeople of Driffield to congregate in the market place on new year's eve and listen for the church bells ringing in the new year.
Scrambling This age old tradition is unique to the town of Driffield and has its origins in the eighteenth century. The event takes place a couple of days into the New Year. Children walk through the main street shouting an ancient rhyme to shopkeepers in return for money and goodies. For other articles with similar names, see New Year (disambiguation). ...

Sport

Driffield is home to Driffield Mariners football club who have won Three Hull Sunday league titles in recent years. The town has a cricket club in which its first team play in the ECB Yorkshire league.

Driffield Rugby Union Football Club is a member of the RFU and Yorkshire RFU, playing its senior fixtures in North 2 East. The club fields four senior teams, a colts team and mini/juniors (at every age group from Under 7s to Under 17s) every week during the season.

Driffield has a mini-golf club.

Driffield will soon be adding a new Sports Centre to the list of Sports Venue's in the town, replacing the current Sports Centre, both are located just north of Driffield Secondary School. The new facility will include a main pool and learner pool, new sports hall, a 50-piece gym in line with the successful East Riding Leisure Tone Zone brand, and a studio/multi-use room.

Trivia

Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey, drummer with David Bowie's band The Spiders (originally called The Hype) from 1970, was born in Driffield. David Bowie (pronounced ) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. ...

The Manchester band Happy Mondays recorded their second album Bummed at The Slaughterhouse, a studio that has since burnt down, in Driffield in 1988. Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. ...

Chris Evans had regularly mocked Driffield on his show Radio 1 breakfast show. However, following listeners' complaints who wanted to prove him wrong he rose to the challenge and in July 1996 hosted a live Roadshow from the Driffield showground. This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Driffield was home to one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers, Benjamin Fawcett and the artist who worked for him, Alexander Francis Lydon.

Singer Jamelia performed twice at Driffield School. Jamelia Niela Davis (born on 11 January 1981), better known as Jamelia, is an English R&B and pop singer and songwriter who found fame in early 2000 after impressing music executives at Parlophone Records with self-written a cappella songs. ...

Footballer & Boxer Curtis Woodhouse was born in Driffield Curtis Woodhouse (born April 17, 1980) is an English footballer. ...

Sri Lankan cricketer Ishara Amerasinghe has played for Driffield Cricket Club Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe (born March 5, 1978, in Colombo, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has been named in the 30 man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup. ...

Yorkshire CCC Cricketers Andrew Gale, Steven Patterson and Richard Pyrah are currently playing for Driffield Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Andrew William Gale is a cricketer who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. ... Steven Andrew Patterson is a first class cricketer contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the 2007 season. ... Richard Michael Pyrah, known as Rich, is a first class cricketer who is contracted to play with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for the 2007 season. ...

References

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External links

• Driffield Online
• Driffield School
• Driffield Times Newspaper