Raw, North Yorkshire Explained

Official Name:Raw
Local Name:Fyling Raw
Type:Hamlet
Country:England
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Static Image Name:Farm buildings in the hamlet of Raw.jpg
Static Image Alt:Corn and wheat fields in the foreground, with various farm buildings on the upper horizon
Static Image Caption:Farm buildings in the hamlet of Raw
Os Grid Reference:NZ936053
Post Town:WHITBY
Postcode Area:YO
Postcode District:YO22
Constituency Westminster:Scarborough and Whitby
Civil Parish:Fylingdales
Civil Parish1:Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

Raw is a hamlet in the Borough of Scarborough of North Yorkshire, England, near to the villages of Fylingthorpe, Robin Hood's Bay, and Hawsker. The hamlet is mostly agricultural in nature and it lies 0.5miles north-west of Fylingthorpe, south-east of Whitby, and due east of the A171 road.[1] [2]

History

The hamlet of Raw is believed to have been settled around the year 1000 by Norwegians and Danes. Later, after the Conquest and an uprising, the land is thought to have been laid to waste by William the Conqueror.[3] The hamlet is thought to have housed the first dwellings in the area when the settlers were only part-time fishermen. In 1563, the manor of Fyling Raw, along with Fylingthorpe, was bought by Sir Richard Cholmley, who then owned most of the land in the wapentake of Whitby Strand.[4] An inquiry by Queen Elizabeth I in 1588 about possible warnings of the Spanish Armada, reported that Filingdaill (Fylingdales) had three beacons, one of which is believed to be Beacon Hill (above Ordnance Datum) next to the hamlet of Raw.[5] By the 19th century, hamlets around Robin Hood's Bay (Thorp, Raw and Normanby) were the agricultural areas to Robin Hood's Bay's maritime industry.[6]

Originally, the hamlet was known as Row (IE a row of houses), and appeared as such on a map from 1775. At some point, this was changed to Fyling Rawe, and then Raw.[7] [8] It is listed as Row in the History and Topography of the City of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire,[9] and mapping from 1910 shows it as Row.[10] Quarries to the west of Raw used to provide raw materials for a brick and tile works in the hamlet.[5] In February 1943, a Wellington aircraft on a training flight crashed at Skerry Hall farm, south of the hamlet. All of the aircrew survived.[11]

The hamlet consists of 19 dwellings, which are located wholly within the parish of Fylingdales, however, the land in the village is split between the parishes of Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre.[12] [13] The moorland to the east and south of Raw is maintained by the Manor of Fyling Court Leet, and is designated as an SSSI.[13] [14]

The former parish church for Fylingdales, Church of St Stephen, which sits on the hill overlooking Fylingthorpe, is sometimes labelled as being in Raw, due to its proximity to the hamlet.[15] [16]

Governance

Historically in the wapentake of Whitby Strand, the North Riding of Yorkshire, and wholly within the ecclesiastical parish, and township of Fylingdales, the hamlet now straddles the boundary between two modern-day parishes. Raw is now part of the Borough of Scarborough, part of North Yorkshire,[17] and lies wholly within the North York Moors National Park.[18] It is within the Scarborough and Whitby constituency for the UK Government.[19] The census returns for the hamlet in 1851, lists 143 people living there.[20] The modern day population statistics are included in its two parishes, which in 2015 numbered 1,330 in Fylingdales, and 850 in Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre.[21]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1913. [Part 1: Localities, Court & Trade Directories] . 1913 . Kellys Directories . London . 102. 9543942090.
  2. Web site: Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Whitby:, Yorkshire (North Riding) . www.genuki.org.uk . 29 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan Robin Hood’s Bay . northyorkmoors.org.uk . 25 July 2022 . 9 . October 2017.
  4. News: Nostalgia . 25 July 2022 . The Scarborough News . 24 March 2017 .
  5. Web site: Parishes: Fylingdales British History Online . www.british-history.ac.uk . 27 July 2022.
  6. Smith . M. T. . Hudson . B. L. . Isonymic relationships in the parish of Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, in 1851 . Annals of Human Biology . January 1984 . 11 . 2 . 141–148 . 10.1080/03014468400006991.
  7. Book: Smith . A. H. . The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire . 1979. 1928. 19714705. English Place Name Society. 118.
  8. Book: Waters . Colin . A history of Whitby & its place names . 2011 . Amberley . Stroud . 978-1-4456-0429-9 . 95.
  9. Book: Whellan, T.. History and Topography of the City of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York, Volume 2. John Green. Beverley. 1859. 74378767. 832.
  10. Web site: Fylingthorpe and Row . maps.nls.uk . 27 July 2022 . Click on "show map details" on the bottom right which renders the revision date of the mapping.
  11. Web site: Wellington BK184 . www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk . 27 July 2022.
  12. Web site: Raw . Colin day.co.uk . 25 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Raw and Fylingdales Moor . magic.defra.gov.uk . 27 July 2022.
  14. News: Berry . Chris . Couple living the high life . The Yorkshire Post . 15 May 2021 . Country Week . 19. 0140-0460.
  15. News: Woods . Michael . North York Moors - National Parks . 25 July 2022 . infoweb.newsbank.com . 2 July 1989. subscription.
  16. Web site: Genuki: Fylingdales, Yorkshire (North Riding) . www.genuki.org.uk . 27 July 2022.
  17. Web site: Raw Scarborough . getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 25 July 2022.
  18. North York Moors - Eastern area . OL27 . 2017 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-24266-7 .
  19. Web site: Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency) . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 25 July 2022.
  20. Book: Smith . Malcolm . Smith . Malcolm . Human biology and history . 2002 . Taylor & Francis . London . 0-415-28861-4 . 124 . Case study: Occupations in Fylingdales.
  21. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . 25 July 2022 . 17. December 2016.