Londonderry is a village near the Yorkshire Dales, England situated 4 miles (6 kilometres) south-east of Bedale, almost on the A1 road.[1] It is part of the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire and is in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORTHALLERTON |
Postcode district | DL7 |
Dialling code | 01677 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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It is named after the Marquesses of Londonderry, who took their name from County Londonderry, now in Northern Ireland, and were colliery owners in this area of England.[2]
Londonderry Lodge was a former Transport Café in the village. The café is now closed, having served the traffic on the A1 road for 100 years.[3][4] The building has been listed as Grade II since 1966.[5] With the upgrading of the A1 to A1(M) standard, the junction with the A1 was diverted away from Londonderry (with even the new service road, the A6055, taking a route west of the new road as opposed to going through the hamlet). As a consequence of this, traffic has been lost from the hamlet, lorry traffic especially so. A noted refuelling service station have moved their business from Londonderry to Leeming Bar because of this traffic shift.[6]
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