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Lund is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of Beverley town centre, south-west of Driffield town centre, and to the east of the B1248 road. According to the 2011 UK census, Lund parish had a population of 308, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 289.〔 〕 The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II * listed building.〔 〕 In 1823 Lund was in the Wapentake of Harthill. In the market place the remains of a market cross was used as a focus to sell goods every Thursday in Lent. The parishioners had erected a public school for an unlimited number of children. Population at the time was 357. Occupations included fifteen farmers, one of whom was in occupation of the seat of a local notable family. There were three shoemakers, three shopkeepers, two tailors, a parish clerk and a parish constable, a schoolmaster, a workhouse governess, a blacksmith, a bricklayer, a saddler, a butcher, and the landlords of The Plough, and The Lord Wellington public house. Three carriers operated between the village and Beverley and Market Weighton twice weekly.〔Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 364〕 John Fancy, the Second World War airman and escapee from German captivity was born in the village. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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