Cropton

Cropton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors National Park, 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Pickering.[2]

Cropton
Cropton Brewery in 2002
Relief map of North Yorkshire
Relief map of North Yorkshire
Cropton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population321 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE757891
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPICKERING
Postcode districtYO18
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having three ploughlands, but it does not list any inhabitants.[3] The name of the village derives from Old English (cropp tūn), which means a swelling, mound or hill with a farmstead, settlement or village.[4] At the 2001 census, the parish (including Aislaby) had a population of 354,[5] decreasing to 321 (including Stape) at the 2011 Census.[1]

The Great Yorkshire Brewery, a microbrewery, is located to the rear of the New Inn on the edge of the village.[6] The owners of the pub started brewing their own beer in 1984, though beer had been brewed in the village as far back as 1613.[7] To the rear of the brewery is the site of a Motte-and-bailey castle, known as the Round Hill, which is scheduled ancient monument.[8]

Just outside the village and to the north, is the site of a set of Roman practice marching camps at Cawthorne, excavated by universities in recent years.[9] The camps are thought to be there as the village was on the route of a Roman Road between York and Dunsley Bay (Sandsend), on the Yorkshire Coast near to Whitby.[10] These have been registered as ancient monuments.[11] To the north of the village lies Cropton Forest, a 9,050-acre (3,660 ha) woodland that has a caravan park within it.[12] The forest is also noted for a programme to reintroduce beavers, which was successful in producing kits (baby beavers) in 2021.[13][14]

St Gregory's Church is a grade II listed structure, and whilst there is no accurate record of its building date, it was rebuilt in 1844.[15][16] In the churchyard is the base of a medieval cross. There is a poem and tradition associated with taking a drink and leaving money at the cross.[17][18]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Normanby with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,542.[19]

Notable people

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cropton Parish (E04007567)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. "OL27" (Map). North York Moors - Eastern area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319242667.
  3. "Cropton". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Cropton/Pickering (minor part of 2) Parish (36UF027)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. "VIP trips to brewery for £50,000". York Press. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. Thomas, Peter (2005). Yorkshire's historic pubs. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 0750939834.
  8. Historic England. "Cropton Hall Garth: a motte and bailey castle including later medieval manor house, a medieval trackway and a pond (1011624)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. "Cawthorn Roman Camps: North York Moors National Park". northyorkmoors.org.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. Frank, George (1888). Ryedale and North Yorkshire antiquities. London: E Stock. p. 223. OCLC 4986493.
  11. Historic England. "Cawthorn Roman forts and camp including a section of medieval trackway known as the Portergate (1007988)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. "Cropton Forest". woodlandtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  13. Perrin, Louise (7 July 2021). "Cropton Forest beaver trial welcomes two new additions to the family". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  14. Wood, Alexandra (2 January 2021). "Forestry England confirms that Cropton Forest beavers have had fourth baby". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  15. "St Gregory". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  16. Historic England. "Church of St Gregory (Grade II) (1281522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  17. Mead, Harry (1978). Inside the North York Moors. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 27. ISBN 0715376993.
  18. Historic England. "Stump of Churchyard Cross Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Gregory (Grade II) (1213520)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  19. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cropton Ward (as of 2011) (E05006299)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  20. Laughton, J K. "Scoresby, William, senior". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24853. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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