Leppington, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.0398°N -0.8358°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Leppington
Static Image:Poplar House Farm, Leppington - geograph.org.uk - 2012075.jpg
Static Image Caption:Poplar House Farm
Civil Parish:Scrayingham
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Thirsk and Malton
Post Town:MALTON
Postcode District:YO17
Postcode Area:YO
Os Grid Reference:SE763610
London Distance Mi:175
London Direction:S

Leppington is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Scrayingham, in North Yorkshire, England, and is 12miles north-east from the centre of the city and county town of York. In 1931 the parish had a population of 74.[1]

The nearest railway station is at Malton, 7miles to the north.

At the north of Leppington is the Grade II listed 17th-century Leppington Grange Barn.

History

Historically the hamlet was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Leppington in 1823 was in the Wapentake of Buckrose in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[2]

Leppington was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Scrayingham,[3] from 1866 Leppington was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Scrayingham.[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Ryedale district.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Leppington Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 12 December 2022.
  2. [Edward Baines (1774–1848)|Baines, Edward]
  3. Web site: History of Leppington, in Ryedale and East Riding. A Vision of Britain through Time. 12 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Relationships and changes Leppington Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 12 December 2022.