Ugthorpe
| Ugthorpe | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
Jan2006.jpg) Christ Church, Ugthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ798111 |
| Location: | 54°29’22"N, -0°46’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 225 (2001, with Hutton Mulgrave) |
| Post town: | Whitby |
| Postcode: | YO21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Scarborough and Whitby |
Ugthorpe is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 225.
History
Ugthorpe was an ancient demesne of the Crown, and is styled in the Domesday Book as Ughetorp. The Mauleys became lords here at an early period, and from them the manor and estate descended by marriage to the Bigods, and afterwards to the Ratcliffes, by whom the whole estate was sold in parcels. The village is situated in the western part of the parish, north of the road between Whitby and Guisborough.[1]
Nicolas Postgate, the last Roman Catholic priest to be executed for his activities, was born in Ugthorpe and after he had returned to his home village in the 1660s, he was seized in the area in the panic following Titus Oates's testimony about the Popish Plot.
Outside links
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