Catterton

This article is about the hamlet in Yorkshire. For the private equity firm, see Catterton Partners.
Catterton
Catterton
 Catterton shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE510458
Civil parishCatterton
DistrictSelby
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town TADCASTER
Postcode district LS24
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places
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Coordinates: 53°54′24″N 1°13′30″W / 53.90674°N 1.22500°W / 53.90674; -1.22500

Catterton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. The population is included in the civil parish of Healaugh, Tadcaster.

History

Catterton is the location of one moated site which is a scheduled monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. Most such sites were built between 1250 and 1350, though construction continued throughout the medieval period.[1]

In the 17th century, the inhabitants of Catterton came into conflict with people from the neighbouring village of Bilbrough over a tract of unenclosed moorland between the two settlements. A meeting between the two sides organised by the intervention of prominent Yorkshire figures including Robert Fairfax devolved into violence. In 1723, the two sides resolved their dispute by digging a ditch from Thwaites Lane to Escars to divide the land; the ditch still existed by 1900.[2]

References

  1. Catterton Hall moated site and adjacent building platform, English Heritage Foundation, retrieved 8 October 2014
  2. The Old Kingdom of Elmet: York and the Ainsty District, London: John Heywood, 1900, p. 376

External links

Media related to Catterton at Wikimedia Commons


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