Editing Driffield (section)

==History==
[[File:Driffield00.jpg|thumb|left|Driffield {{circa|1838}}]]
Driffield is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and the name is first attested in the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' where [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|King Aldfrith of Northumbria]] died on 14 December 705.<ref>''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', Peterborough Manuscript (E), 706, translated and edited by Michael Swanton, (1996), p. 41</ref> It is also found in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086,<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS=TA0257|name=great-driffield|display=Great Driffield}}</ref> meaning "dirty (manured) field".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=151 |edition=4}}</ref>{{sfn|Harrison|2002|p=97}}

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 [[Stone wrist-guard|wrist-guard]] all dating to between 2200 and 1500 BC.{{sfn|Harrison|2002|pp=18–29}}

The remains of [[Driffield Castle]], a [[motte-and-bailey]] castle, sit at Moot Hill.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1015612|desc=Moot Hill motte and bailey castle, and site of a medieval moated manor, Driffield |access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Harrison|2002|p=79}}

[[RAF Driffield]] was targeted by the [[Luftwaffe]] during the [[Second World War]]. On 15 August 1940, a raid by [[Junkers Ju 88]]s resulted in 14 deaths and many injuries. RAF Driffield was the site of the first death in the [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force|WAAF]] during the Second World War.