Upper Poppleton
| Upper Poppleton | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
May2007.jpg) Upper Poppleton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE555540 |
| Location: | 53°58’46"N, 1°9’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,997 (2011) |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO26 |
| Dialling code: | 01904 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | York |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
York Outer |
Upper Poppleton is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, adjacent to Nether Poppleton. It is by the west bank of the River Ouse (which marks the boundary of the North Riding), and west of York.
The village is served by Poppleton railway station on the Harrogate Line. The parish had a recorded population of 1,997 at the 2011 Census.
The name is derived from popel (pebble) and tun (hamlet, farm) and means "Pebble Farm" because of the gravel bed upon which the village was built.[1] Upper Poppleton has been referred to as "Land Poppleton" and the neighbouring village of Nether Poppleton as "Water Poppleton" indicating their position relative to the river.
The village is recorded in the Domesday Book and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.[1]
History
In 972, the village is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as "Popeltun" and in the Domesday Book as "Popeltune".[1] The villages and lands were given by Osbert De Arches to the Abbot of St Mary's in York. It was, therefore, under the ecclesiastical rule of the Parish of St Mary-Bishophill Junior.[2]
During the reign of Richard II, the village was the scene of the murder of a Mayor of York.[2]
In 1644 the 25,000 strong Scottish and Parliament Armies, led by the Earl of Manchester, laid siege to the city of York. To facilitate communications, they built a "Bridge of Boats" at Poppleton. This bridge was eventually taken by Prince Rupert and his Royalist Forces, but he subsequently lost the battle at Marston Moor.[3]
The village benefitted from the growth in the railways in the 19th century, when the York, Knaresborough and Harrogate Railway routed their line through Poppleton and erected a station.[4]
Society
There is a Youth Club and also a Scout Troop in the village.
Churches
The old Norman 'Chapel of All Hallows' in Upper Poppleton was demolished in 1890 to make way for the Victorian All Saints' Church. The 'new' church was designed by Hodgson Fowler of Durham.[2]
In 1866, the two Poppleton Parishes were united to form the Parish of Nether Poppleton with Upper Poppleton. All Saints' Church is situated on The Green in Upper Poppleton.[5]
The present Methodist Chapel on the Green replaced two previous buildings on the site built in 1817 and 1819 respectively.[6]
Sport
- Football:
- Poppleton United
- Poppleton Tigers Junior Football Club
- Tennis: club with artificial and all-weather courts in Main Street
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Upper Poppleton) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Origin of name". http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Popplestone.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
- ↑ "Civil War". http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/military/1644-york-march-marston-moor.htm.
- ↑ The York, Knaresborough and Harrogate Railway. C.T.Goode. 2001. ISBN 1-870313-22-4.
- ↑ "All Saints Church". http://www.achurchnearyou.com/upper-poppleton-all-saints/.
- ↑ "Methodist Church". http://www.poppleton.net/poppletonmethodist/.
