Potter Brompton

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.[2] It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

Potter Brompton
Potter Brompton
Potter Brompton Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE978769
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SCARBOROUGH
Postcode district	YO12
Dialling code	01944
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton

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.[3]

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.[4]

References

1. "Nostalgia: Ganton and the Legards". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ganton Parish (E04007577)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. "[Potter] Brompton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
4. "843 - Coastliner - Leeds - Scarborough – Transdev York – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

External links

Media related to Potter Brompton at Wikimedia Commons