Potter Brompton Explained

Country:England
Static Image:PotterBrompton(StephenHorncastle)Apr2006.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Potter Brompton
Coordinates:54.1795°N -0.5017°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Potter Brompton
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Thirsk and Malton
Post Town:SCARBOROUGH
Postcode District:YO12
Postcode Area:YO
Dial Code:01944
Os Grid Reference:SE978769

Potter Brompton is a small village in the English county of North Yorkshire, on the A64 road from Malton to Scarborough. The village is situated just a few hundred yards off the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail and lies within the parish of Ganton.[1] The population statistics for the village area included in those for the whole parish of Ganton.

It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. The village was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.

Potter Brompton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having 29 ploughlands, but no villagers. The land originally belonged to Earl Morcar, but after the Conquest, the land was forfeited to William the Conqueror.[2]

The village is well served by public transport; it has an hourly bus service through the day on the Yorkshire Coastliner route between Leeds, York, Malton and Scarborough.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nostalgia: Ganton and the Legards. The Scarborough News. 10 March 2019.
  2. Web site: [Potter] Brompton Domesday Book ]. opendomesday.org . 1 October 2019.
  3. Web site: 843 - Coastliner - Leeds - Scarborough – Transdev York – Bus Times . bustimes.org . 1 October 2019.