Cropton

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title: "Cropton" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-north-yorkshire", "civil-parishes-in-north-yorkshire"] description: "Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-north-yorkshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropton" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Cropton
country	England
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
static_image_name	Cropton Brewery behind the New Inn.jpg
static_image_caption	Cropton Brewery in 2002
population	321
population_ref	(2011 Census)
os_grid_reference	SE757891
map_alt	Relief map of North Yorkshire
coordinates
post_town	PICKERING
postcode_area	YO
postcode_district	YO18
constituency_westminster	Thirsk and Malton
::

| official_name = Cropton | country = England | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire| region = Yorkshire and the Humber | static_image_name = Cropton Brewery behind the New Inn.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = Cropton Brewery in 2002 | population = 321 | population_ref = (2011 Census) | os_grid_reference = SE757891 | map_alt = Relief map of North Yorkshire | coordinates = | label_position = | post_town = PICKERING | postcode_area = YO | postcode_district = YO18 | dial_code = | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | civil_parish = | hide_services =}} Cropton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors National Park, 5 km north-west of Pickering.

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having three ploughlands, but it does not list any inhabitants. The name of the village derives from Old English (cropp tūn), which means a swelling, mound or hill with a farmstead, settlement or village. At the 2001 census, the parish (including Aislaby) had a population of 354, decreasing to 321 (including Stape) at the 2011 Census.

The Great Yorkshire Brewery, a microbrewery, is located to the rear of the New Inn on the edge of the village. 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. To the rear of the brewery is the site of a Motte-and-bailey castle, known as the Round Hill, which is a scheduled ancient monument.

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. 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. These have been registered as ancient monuments. To the north of the village lies Cropton Forest, a 9,050 acre woodland that has a caravan park within it. The forest is also noted for a programme to reintroduce beavers, which was successful in producing kits (baby beavers) in 2021.

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. 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.

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.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Notable people

• William Scoresby, Arctic whaler and navigator who sailed out of Whitby

References

References

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12. "Cropton Forest".
13. (7 July 2021). "Cropton Forest beaver trial welcomes two new additions to the family". The Scarborough News.
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