Riccall
Sign in to saveRiccall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lying to the north of Selby and south of York. Riccall is noted for being the place where Harold Hardrada's force of invaders landed in 1066, just before the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the Second World War, an RAF base was built north of the village, and between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, coal was mined from beneath the village as Riccall Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Riccall 2.JPG
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Entrance to Riccall
- UK place.official_name
- Riccall
- UK place.population
- 2,332
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Selby
- UK place.post_town
- YORK
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Yorkshire
- Population
- +2332
- Official website
- www.riccall.co.uk
- Image
- Riccall Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 195229.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Governance
- Geology and geography
- History
- Saxons and Danes
- Normans
- RAF Riccall
- Riccall Mine
- Community
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Riccall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lying to the north of Selby and south of York. Riccall is noted for being the place where Harold Hardrada's force of invaders landed in 1066, just before the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the Second World War, an RAF base was built north of the village, and between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, coal was mined from beneath the village as Riccall Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield.
According to the 2011 census the parish had a total population of 2,332.