Cropton | |
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![]() Cropton Brewery in 2002 | |
Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 321 ( 2011 Census) [1] |
OS grid reference | SE757891 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PICKERING |
Postcode district | YO18 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
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]
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, Cropton 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]
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]
Cropton | |
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![]() Cropton Brewery in 2002 | |
Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 321 ( 2011 Census) [1] |
OS grid reference | SE757891 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PICKERING |
Postcode district | YO18 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
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]
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, Cropton 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]
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]