Linton-on-Ouse is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the

Hambleton District Hambleton is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in North Yorkshire, England. The administrative centre is Northallerton, and the district includes the outlying towns and villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley, ...

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, England, about eight miles north-west of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

. It lies on the north bank of the River Ouse.

History

The village is mentioned in the ''

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

'' as ''Luctone'' in the ''Bulford hundred''. The manor at this time was split between ''Thorfin of Ravensworth'' and ''Thorn of Linton''. Afterwards the manor was granted to

Robert of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Ha ...

. The manor passed to

Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros Thomas Ros, 4th Baron Ros of Helmsley (13 January 1335 – 8 June 1384) was the son of William Ros, 2nd Baron Ros and Margery de Badlesmere. In 1364, he accompanied the king of Cyprus to the Holy Land; and was in the French wars, from 1369 to ...

in the 14th century and remained in their family until the mid-16th century. At the beginning of the 18th century the manorial rights were sold to

University College, Oxford University College (in full The College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford, colloquially referred to as "Univ") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has a claim to being the oldest college of the unive ...

. The university built a school in the village in 1871. In the mid-18th century, Acts of Parliament were passed to make the River Ouse navigable. This included the building of a lock at Linton-on-Ouse that is now a Grade II Listed Building. There was a Catholic Chapel in the village between 1700 and 1855. Since 1937, Linton-on-Ouse has been home to a Royal Air Force station,

RAF Linton-on-Ouse RAF Linton-on-Ouse was a Royal Air Force (RAF) station at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire, England, north-west of York. It had satellite stations at RAF Topcliffe and Dishforth Airfield (British Army). The station opened in 1937. With t ...

. Since 1957 the main role of the airfield has been the training of pilots, and with the main flying training ceasing from 2019, the Military Air Traffic Zone was rescinded in December 2020. In the summer of 1960 and 1961, the perimeter track of the airfield was used to form the Linton-on-Ouse Motor Racing circuit. In April 2022, the government announced its intention to convert the former RAF base into a reception, accommodation and processing centre for

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, as a way of defraying the £4.7 million per day cost of hotels being used.

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary constituency. It also lies within the Shipton ward of Hambleton District Council and the Stillington electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council.

Geography

The nearest settlements are Newton-on-Ouse to the south-east, Aldwark to the north-west and Thorpe Underwood to the south-west. Sandwath Beck joins Shorn Dike to the north-east of the village before flowing into the

River Kyle The River Kyle is a small river in North Yorkshire, England. At just under long, it is one of the shortest classified main rivers in the country. Course The river is first called Kyle after the confluence of Carle Beck and Derrings Beck. From ...

just to the east of the school. The 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 296. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 1,024, of which 723 were over the age of sixteen years. There were 388 dwellings, of which 134 were detached.

Climate

Public services

Education is provided at Linton-on-Ouse Primary School. The school is within the catchment area of

Easingwold School Outwood Academy Easingwold is a mixed 11–18 secondary school with academy status in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England. It had 915 pupils in 2017, including an on-site sixth form. The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, ...

for secondary education. There is a village store, public house and several local businesses. The village is served by the bus service that runs between York and Easingwold.

Twinning

In 2012 the village started formal twinning procedures with Montcony in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

. This is linked to the loss of a Halifax Bomber and crew, stationed here during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, in the French village and the respect shown by those villagers to the remains of the crew.

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