Londonderry, Yorkshire
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Londonderry is a village near the
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,
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situated south-east of Bedale, almost on the A1 road. It is part of the Hambleton district of
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and is in the
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North Riding of Yorkshire. It is named after the
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, who took their name from County Londonderry, now in
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, and were
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owners in this area of England. 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. The building has been listed as Grade II since 1966. With the upgrading of the A1 to
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standard, the junction with the A1 was diverted away from Londonderry (with even the new service road, the
A6055 The A6055 is a stretch of road in North Yorkshire that runs from Knaresborough to Boroughbridge, with a break, then starts up again at Junction 50 of the A1(M) to run parallel with A1(M) acting as a Local Access Road (LAR) going between Junctio ...
, 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.


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