Crambeck

Village in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townYorkPostcode districtYO60PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Thirsk and Malton

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°05′48″N 0°52′29″W / 54.09670°N 0.8748132°W / 54.09670; -0.8748132

Crambeck near Crambe and Malton in Yorkshire is near the River Derwent.

History

Roman

Crambeck is famous in antiquity as having been the Roman ceramic kiln site that lends its name to the locally produced Crambeck Ware pottery.^[1] Excavations in Crambeck were undertaken by Philip Corder in 1926–1927 with boys from Bootham School.^[2]

Georgian

The nearby Crambeck Road Bridge on the A64 was built in 1785 by John Carr (architect). ^[3]

Victorian

Crambeck was the home of the Castle Howard Reform School (1856-?1986).^[3]

The home, run by Humberside county council, consisted of 5 separate blocks of houses with dormitory rooms in each.

The houses were named,

1. House (Yellow)

2. House (Blue)

3. House (Green)

4. House (Brown)

And a 5th house that was a secure unit, attached to 4 house, with locked secured doors and 4 cells like they have in police stations.

Modern

A local history project recorded memories of life in the village in the 1930s and 1940s.^[4]

In June 2014 access to Crambeck was limited by a spillage of mashed potato on the nearby A64.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Monaghan, G. 1997.Roman Pottery from York (Archaeology of York Series 16/8). York: York Archaeological Trust. pp903-906
^ Corder, P. 1928. The Roman Pottery at Crambeck, Castle Howard (Roman Malton and District Report no.1). York: William Sessions
^ ^a ^b "Crambeck Village History". Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Castle Howard Station - Personal Memories". 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Mashed potato spillage closes busy road after road smash". Mirror. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "A64 closed after lorry spills load near Malton". North Yorkshire Police. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.