Place:Crakehall, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Crakehall (#8 on map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of Bedale. The village lies along the route of the A684 road and is split into two parts by Bedale Beck, a tributary of the River Swale. The west part is called Little Crakehall, and the east, Great Crakehall. The parish also includes the hamlet of Kirkbridge, a mile east of Great Crakehall. Nearby villages include Hackforth (#13) and Langthorne (#18) and it is 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west-southwest of the county town of Northallerton. The population was estimated by the Hambleton District administration as 630 in 2015.

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Crachele". It was part of the head manor of Masham. After 1086 the manor was tenanted to two men-at-arms of the household of Count Alan of Brittany. The line of descent for the manor follows that of Ribald of Middleham, whose main tenants were named 'Crakehall', until 1624. From then it was granted by the Crown to Edward and Robert Ramsay until they granted it to John Heath and John White around 1658. Records thereafter are unclear until mention of the manor being in the possession of the Place family in the early 18th century. From 1732 to 1810 the manor was passed from Henry Goddard via Mary Turner, Watson Bowman and Anthony Hardolph Eyre to Henry Pulleine. Pulleine's granddaughter, Lady Cowell, inherited in the late 19th century. That part of the manor that was in Little Crakehall was held by the 'Crakehall' Family until the 14th century and it eventually passed to Christopher Conyers of Hornby whose descent it followed thereafter.

Crakehall Hall, built in 1732, is situated in the village overlooking the 5-acre village green. It was once the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park now in South Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

By the stream is the 17th-century corn mill, once owned by the Neville family of Middleham Castle. The mill closed in 1930 and lay derelict until it was restored in 1980. The White Cross at Great Crakehall was near the site of Bedale cattle market in medieval times.

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