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Plompton

Hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Plompton Hall (geograph 4775776).jpg
static_image_caption	Plompton Hall
coordinates
official_name	Plompton
population	124
population_ref	(2011 census)
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster	Harrogate and Knaresborough
post_town	KNARESBOROUGH
postcode_district	HG5
postcode_area	HG
dial_code	01423
os_grid_reference	SE355535

Plompton (formerly also spelt Plumpton) is a hamlet and civil parish south of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A661.

Plompton Hall is a Grade II* listed building designed by the architect John Carr and built about 1760. The composer John Hebden originates from the parish.

History

Plompton was mentioned in Domesday Book (as Plontone) and in the Middle Ages was variously spelt Plumton, Plumpton or Plompton. The name is from the Old English plūme and tūn, and means ‘plum-tree farmstead’. Plompton or Plumpton was historically a township in the parish of Spofforth in the West Riding of Yorkshire and became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1974 the parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire, and from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

It was the seat of the Plumpton family from the reign of William the Conqueror until 1749, when it was sold to Daniel Lascelles. The estate was then part of the Harewood estate until the 1950s. It was reacquired by the Plumpton family in the 20th century.

Plumpton Rocks

Main article: Plumpton Rocks

Plumpton Rocks is a man-made lake and surrounding pleasure gardens in the grounds of Plompton Hall. The gardens were designed by Daniel Lascelles

References

"Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
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Smith, A. H.. (1961). "The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire". Cambridge University Press.
[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10459564 Vision of Britain website]
"Genuki: PLUMPTON, Yorkshire (West Riding)".
{{National Heritage List for England

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