Norton-le-Clay

Norton-le-Clay is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Geography

It is situated near the A1(M) motorway and north-west of Boroughbridge. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

History

It is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

1973 mid-air collision

There was a mid-air collision on Monday 7 May 1973, where a pilot in BAC Jet Provost ejected; the Jet Provost aircraft killed two people when it crashed.
Flt Lt M G Saunders was the pilot in Jet Provost XR647, and Flt Lt Wayne Durham was the navigator; both ejected. In the other Jet Provost XS216 was Flt Lt Richard Wallis and Flying Officer Derek Sage