Cropton is a small village at the southern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. It is an excellent location for reaching many of the local attractions. Whitby, Scarborough, Castle Howard and York are all driveable within an hour. Flamingo Land Zoo, Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway are very close by. On the door step is the popular Cropton Brewery, where you can do a tour of the brewery and sample of the many excellent ales that are produced on the premises.
The photos pages are a few local photos, with a few descriptions of local landmarks. If you visit or stay near Cropton it may help you enjoy your stay!
We feature local coming events and a few reports about local news in the village. The villagers are more than delighted to welcome visitors to any of the published events. The local village hall, the venue for most of the events, has recently been refurbished and is second to none in the area.
Local News Happy New Year to everyone! |
HERITAGE GROUP
The first meeting of the year was well attended. New information has been forthcoming and updates have been received on the Cropton Murder of 1872 & information from former Croptonian, Robbie Johnson, from Perth, Australia. Included in the presentation was an interesting booklet about the local school from Gordon Feaster. Hopefully I will be able to upload some new photos from the meeting.
NEW YEAR
Happy new year to everyone! New Year's Eve was a beautiful night with a small covering of snow. Full moonlight and clear skies afforded a great view of the fireworks at the local New Inn and all over Ryedale.
SANTA'S VISIT
It was raining but it did not stop Santa visiting the village on the 14th December. He again was met by Gorbachev the Donkey at the lower end of the village. The Ryedale Lions were collecting for the Ryedale Special Families this year. Hopefully the rain did not affect their collection too much.
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE - 80th BIRTHDAY PARTY
The ladies of the Women's Institute celebrated their 80th anniversary on Wednesday 9th December 2009 with a get together in the village hall. The local Women's Institute was formed back in 1929 and it is still going strong. Current and previous W.I. member's enjoyed the party. Many thanks Ladies for all the good work over the years.
CHRISTMAS TREE
Two Christmas Trees were decorated on Tuesday 8th December. One outside the village hall by committee members and one inside by the W.I. ladies, ready for their birthday get together. The Christmas celebrations will continue with a visit by Santa on Monday 14th at 5.40 p.m.
TOURIST AWARD WINNERS
We are pleased to hear that Laura's Cottage are winners of the Self Catering Accommodation of the year 2009 in the Yorkshire Moors & Coast 2009 tourism awards. Congratulations to them!
ADVENT CAROL SERVICE
There was a full congregation for the Advent Carol Service at St.Gregory's Church on Sunday 29th November. The choir sang and there were a number of readings. Afterwards mulled wine and nibbles were enjoyed immensely.
PEACOCK QUIZ
On Friday 20th November the ever popular Peacock Quiz took place in the village hall. Initially Pies and Peas were served before attendees were tested with the quiz questions. As always the quiz was good fun. Many thanks to Pat & Richard plus all helpers.
THE CONSERVATION OF PEAT
Rhona Charles, from the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, gave an interesting talk to the Heritage Group about the conservation of peat. The next meeting is in the New Year where memories of ex resident, Robbie Johnson will be on display.
THREE FOR THE ROAD
The folk group 'Three For The Road', Val, Mike and Carol appeared at the village hall on Friday 23rd October - It was an entertaining muscial evening with folk music from around the world - The group played fiddle, accordian, keyboard, flute,guitar and sang a few songs - Everyone enjoyed a few singalongs too and it was a really good evening.
EDUARDO NIEBLA CONCERT
On Saturday 10th October 2009 World Class Guitar Virtuoso Eduardo Niebla appeared in concert in the village hall. He is immensely talented and played many of his own compositions. Many thanks to Rural Arts for sponsoring this event.
CHAPEL HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE
The Methodist Chapel held their Harvest Festival Service on Friday 2nd October. The service was led by Rev. Jane Cole, followed by an auction of produce with Auctioneer Bill Hebron. Afterwards Tea & Biscuits were served to those present.
HARVEST FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS & SUPPER
The village Harvest Festival celebrations began with a service at the Church on Sunday 28th September at 6 pm. Following the service a well attended supper was served in the village hall.
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION
Congratulations to Mary and Roy Siddons on their Golden Wedding celebration. They were married in Meltham, near Huddersfield and spent their careers in education in West Yorkshire. They retired to the village and are active members in many local activities. We wish them well.
STALL ON THE GREEN
The August Bank Holidays "Stall on the Green" raised in the region of £170 for church funds.
CONTACTED FROM AUSTRALIA
This week we were contacted by Robert (Robbie) Johnson from Australia. Robbie used to live in the village during the 1930's, before spending the early war years living at Keldy Castle with his family. He has helped with some names from a 1937 children's photo. Robbie moved permanently to Australia in the 1950's but thanks to the internet he has got in touch with us. Please don't hesitate to Contact Us if you have any information about the photos on this site.
PRESS COVERAGE FOR "BOB"
Please contact Sue Coombes from the Heritage Group, if you have any interesting photos of the village. Join the group for their regular meetings in the village hall. Everyone is very welcome to come along.
Check the News Archive for previous news 'events'.
Laura's Cottage * Winners of the Yorkshire Moors & Coast Self Catering Accommodation of the year 2009 *
Superb and newly-renovated 250-year old 5 star self catering cottage. Furnished to an excellent standard, Laura's Cottage has a state-of-the-art kitchen, LCD TV's, a steam cabinet shower and quality furnishing throughout. Taking bookings now for 2010
Wednesday 17th February - INTERPRETING HISTORICAL MAPS - presented by Margaret Bousted - Senior Archivist at County Records Office - Heritage Group - 2 till 4 p.m.
Tuesday 2nd March - COFFEE MORNING - Village Hall - 10.30 till Noon - All very welcome. If you are in the area why not pop in for a cuppa and a chat.
Wednesday 17th March - REDUNDANT CHURCHES - With Patrick Earle - Heritage Group - Village Hall - 2 till 4 p.m.
Tuesday 6th April - COFFEE MORNING - Village Hall - 10.30 till Noon - All very welcome. If you are in the area why not pop in for a cuppa and a chat.
Monday 31st May - STALLS ON THE GREEN - 10 a.m. - Village green, near the chestnut tree - For St.Gregory's Church.
Saturday 31st July - ST. GREGORY'S CHURCH FETE - Village Hall - 2 p.m.
Sunday 22nd August - VINTAGE VEHICLE RALLY - The very popular rally is returning by popular demand - More details later.
Sunday 29th August - PATRONAL FESTIVAL - St.Gregory's Church - 6 p.m.
Monday 30th August - STALLS ON THE GREEN - 10 a.m. - Village green, near the chestnut tree - For St.Gregory's Church.
Sunday 28th November - ADVENT CAROL SERVICE - 3.30 p.m. - St.Gregory's Church
What's happening locally? Please let us know! News, Coming events, Annnouncements etc.
Contact Us
COFFEE MORNINGS are held in the village hall on the first Tuesday of the Month at 10.30 a.m. - You are very welcome to come along if you are in the area.
YOGA sessions are on most Monday mornings 'Iyengar Yoga' - Marian Cambridge (01751) 477267 & Monday evenings in the village hall at 7 pm till 8.30pm - Telephone Shirley (01751) 477233
THE HERITAGE GROUP meets monthly, usually in the Village Hall. The Heritage Group is an ongoing project to learn about the history of the village and the surrounding area. Please bring along any interesting photos of the area.
The local WOMEN'S INSTITUTE meets the second Wednesday in every month. The meetings normally start at 7pm. See the W.I. notice board at the village hall for details. Visitors and Ladies from outside the village are welcome to come along to the monthly meets.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
The Neighbourhood watch coordinators are Philip Coombes (01751) 417395 & John Pethullis (01751) 417568
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