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Driffield
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Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds, east of York and north of Hull.
Driffield is named The Capital of the Wolds, due to its location sitting centrally within the Yorkshire Wolds.
According to the 2011 UK census, Driffield parish had a population of 13,080, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 11,477.
The town was listed in the 2019 Sunday Times report on the Best Places to Live in northern England.
Driffield is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and the name is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle where King Aldfrith of Northumbria died on the 14 December 705. It is also found in Domesday Book of 1086, meaning "dirty (manured) field".
A Bronze Age mound outside Driffield was excavated in the 19th century, the contents of which are now kept in the British Museum. It includes a knife, a dagger, a beaker and a greenstone wrist-guard all dating to between 2200 and 1500 BC.
The remains of Driffield Castle, a motte-and-bailey castle, sit at Moot Hill.
RAF Driffield was targeted by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. On 15 August 1940, a raid by Junkers 88s resulted in 14 deaths and many injuries. RAF Driffield was the site of the first death in the WAAF during the Second World War.
The town is a major part of the Driffield and Rural electoral ward. This ward stretches north-west to Sledmere with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 15,199. The local Member of Parliament is Greg Knight. Driffield Town Hall is no longer used for public events and was acquired by The Bell Hotel in 1986.
Driffield is centred around Middle Street, its main high street of both independent and chain shops and retail (such as WHSmith, Iceland, Yorkshire Trading Company, B & M, Boyes, Wilko, Superdrug and Boots. On a Thursday, a market is held in the town centre. Its original cattle market closed in 2001.
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