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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cropton like this:
CROPTON, a township in Middleton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Severn, 4½ miles NW by N of Pickering. Acres, 3, 810. Real property, £1, 993. Pop., 360. Houses, 83. Here are some ancient British earth-works, and traces of an ancient road.
Cropton is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cropton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cropton, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12252
Date accessed: 17th November 2025
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