Sawdon

Sawdon is a village in the civil parish of Brompton in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Scarborough.[1] As the population is less than 100, details are included in the data for Brompton Parish.[2]

Sawdon
Main street through Sawdon
Sawdon is located in North Yorkshire
Sawdon
Sawdon
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE943848
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSCARBOROUGH
Postcode districtYO13
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The village lies 1.75 miles (3 km) north of Brompton, which is on the A170 road connecting Pickering with Scarborough.[3] It lies at the northern edge of the Vale of Pickering with Hackness Forest and the North York Moors National Park directly to the north of the village.[4]

Whilst the village is not mentioned specifically by name in the Domesday Book, its name is recorded as far back as 1290 as Saldene, which means Sallow Valley.[5] However, the manor of Sawdon was included in the Domesday survey for the area in and around Brompton.[6] No churches were built in the village, but in 1823, a Wesleyan chapel was erected on the main road through the settlement.[7] This is now a private dwelling.[8]

From 2012 Sawdon Village Hall was selected as the site for fundraising events by the charity Astronomy Wise. These events see a large gathering of astronomers and visitors at the building throughout the year. Regular meetings usually take place on the second Friday of every month excluding the summer months.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Genuki: BROMPTON BY SAWDON, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Brompton Parish (E04007660)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "Genuki: Brompton By Sawdon, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. "Scarborough Landscape Study: Volume 1 – Borough wide Landscape Character Assessment" (PDF). scarborough.gov.uk. 2013. pp. 93–97. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 405. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  6. "Parishes: Brompton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. Robinson, Maureen (27 November 2015). "Your Day Out: Perfect for crisp cold days". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. "Genuki: The ex-Wesleyan Chapel, Sawdon, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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