Cracoe
Cracoe is a small village and civil parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated near to Rylstone and about six miles south-west of Grassington. The civil parish originates as a township in the ancient parish of Burnsall parish. It has a post office under the Skipton area.[1]
Cracoe has an estimated population of 160 residents, measured at 178 in the 2011 census.[2] Cracoe is a village which is also situated near Rylstone beneath Barden Fell and the twin skyline landmarks of Rylstone Cross and Cracoe Pinnacle in the Yorkshire Dales.[3]
Evidence of an army training camp can be seen on the south-east edge of the village. The circular earthworks visible from Fell Lane are searchlight battery emplacements. The village is located five and a half miles north-west of Skipton. The name of the village can be seen as famous in geological circles - for the nearby Cracoe Reef Knolls, a series of limestone hills which are geological remnants of an ancient coral reef.
The parish also has a village hall.[4][5]
Cracoe was also the home of the original Calendar Girls, who raised money to support the Leukaemia Research Fund, by posing for a nude calendar.[6]
On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.[7]
References
- ↑ "History of Cracoe, in Craven and West Riding | Map and description". visionofbritain.org.uk. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12241. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cracoe Parish (1170216740)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=1170216740. Retrieved 11 March 2018
- ↑ "Cracoe, near Skipton - Gateway to the Dales". yorkshire-dales.com. http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/cracoe.html. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ "THE CARBONIFEROUS SEQUENCE OF THE CRAVEN LOWLANDS SOUTH OF THE REEF LIMESTONES OF CRACOE". pygs.lyellcollection.org. http://pygs.lyellcollection.org/content/20/3/411.short. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ "Cracoe Village Hall, Skipton, North Yorkshire | Hall and Function Room to Hire". cracoevillagehall.co.uk. http://www.cracoevillagehall.co.uk/location.asp. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ Barton, Laura (25 October 2001). "A village affair". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/25/gender.uk1. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ "Tour de France Stage 1". https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103624/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cracoe) |
- Location map: 54°2’16"N, 2°1’52"W
- Information on Cracoe from GENUKI