Carperby
{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{for|Steamships named Carperby|SS Carperby}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image = Village Cross, Carperby.jpg
| static_image_caption = Carperby Market Cross
| coordinates = {{coord|54|18|15|N|1|59|21|W|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Carperby
| population =
| civil_parish = Carperby-cum-Thoresby
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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| os_grid_reference = SE005896
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Carperby is a village in Wensleydale, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It lies {{convert|11|km|0|order=flip}} west of Leyburn.{{cite map|title =Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area |map =OL30 |year =2016 |scale =1;25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319263358 }}
Etymology
The derivation of the villages name is uncertain, but Ekwall believes it to mean 'Cairpe's settlement' in Old Norse (Cairpes bȳ).{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=88 |edition=4}} The name Cairpe is of Old Irish origin,{{cite web |title=Place names of the Yorkshire Dales |url=http://www.daelnet.co.uk/placenames/index.cfm?letter=C |website=DalesNet |accessdate=5 January 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Frank Merry |title=Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England: The Collected Papers of Frank Merry Stenton |date=1970 |publisher=Clarendon |isbn=0198223145 |page=312 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v1hMck3rF-MC |accessdate=5 January 2019 }} implying Norse-Gaelic settlement in the area.
History
In the centre of the village is a Carperby Market Cross, dated 1674, that tells of the time when Carperby had a market (granted in 1305).{{National Heritage List for England|num=1014004|desc=Carperby market cross|grade=II|accessdate=20 October 2017}} In the 17th century the village was an important Wensleydale centre of Quakerism, and its biggest building even today is the classically styled Carperby Quaker Meeting House of 1864.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1166479|desc=Friends Meeting House|grade=II|accessdate=20 October 2017}} In 1810, the western end of the village supposedly suffered from a fire which destroyed 12 thatched cottages. Whilst there is no documentary evidence of this, it is a locally believed legend and mapping from 1819 and 1856 does show at least nine dwellings as having been removed.{{cite book|last1=White|first1=William|title=History, gazetteer, and directory, of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire|date=1840|publisher=William White|location=Sheffield|page=607|oclc=319907952}}{{cite web|title=Out of Oblivion: A landscape through time|url=http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk/vill_layouts.asp|website=www.outofoblivion.org.uk|accessdate=20 October 2017}}
The Richmond to Lancaster Turnpike was opened up through the village in 1751.{{cite news|last1=Speakman|first1=Colin|title=Craven's turnpike history should be protected|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/daleslife/13945943.Craven_s_turnpike_history_should_be_protected/|accessdate=20 October 2017|work=Craven Herald|date=5 November 2015}}{{cite web|title=Out of Oblivion: A landscape through time|url=http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk/record.asp?id=418|website=www.outofoblivion.org.uk|accessdate=20 October 2017}} Later diversions meant that the main A684 road was diverted to run through Aysgarth. The minor road that now runs through Carperby shadows the A684 westwards along the valley until the two roads meet at Hardraw. The road through Carperby is colloquially known as 'The High Road'.{{cite web|title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Aysgarth:, Yorkshire (North Riding)|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Aysgarth/more|website=www.genuki.org.uk|accessdate=20 October 2017}} The name of the Wheatsheaf Hotel suggests a corn-growing past, and the inn itself was where James Herriot and his bride spent their honeymoon in 1941.{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldofjamesherriot.org/jamesherriot.htm
|title=James Herriot
|work=The World of James Herriot
|publisher=Hambleton District Council
|accessdate=15 July 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719131930/http://www.worldofjamesherriot.org/jamesherriot.htm
|archivedate=19 July 2011
|df=
}}
In 2004, the village launched a campaign to provide a sports pavilion for its football team which plays in the Wensleydale Creamery League. After years of events and fundraising, the effort was still far short of its goal when the Mars confectionery company donated money to the final £125,000 needed to construct the pavilion. The building of the pavilion was filmed in a time-lapse and used by Mars as a TV advertisement which also had footballer Peter Crouch playing on the pitch at Carperby.{{cite news|last1=Sutcliffe|first1=Robert|title=Carperby to get new sports pavilion – and starring role on TV – thanks to confectionery giant|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/carperby-to-get-new-sports-pavilion-and-starring-role-on-tv-thanks-to-confectionery-giant-1-3022766|accessdate=20 October 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=25 October 2010|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Willis|first1=Joe|title=Carperby famous for its football as TV advert goes live|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorkshire/richmond/8846409.Carperby_famous_for_its_football_as_TV_advert_goes_live/|accessdate=20 October 2017|work=The Northern Echo|date=10 February 2011}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Carperby}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E57deXmsu8w Mars advert with Peter Crouch]
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