Catterton

{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{About|the hamlet in Yorkshire|the private equity firm|Catterton Partners}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.90674|-1.22500|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Catterton

| static_image_name = Large farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 54602.jpg

| static_image_caption = Farm in Catterton

| population =

| civil_parish = Catterton

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = TADCASTER

| postcode_district = LS24

| postcode_area = LS

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE510458

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Catterton is a hamlet and civil parish in the county 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.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Etymology

The first part of the name Catterton is the Brittonic cadeir, "chair, throne".{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |website=SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North |accessdate=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead }} This is suffixed with the Old English -tun, "a farm". Chadderton and Chatterton in Lancashire have the same origins.

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.{{NHLE|num=1017456|desc=Catterton Hall moated site and adjacent building platform|accessdate=8 October 2014}}

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.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/oldkingdomofelme00boggrich/oldkingdomofelme00boggrich_djvu.txt#page/376/mode/2up|title=The Old Kingdom of Elmet: York and the Ainsty District|location=London|publisher=John Heywood|year=1900|page=376}}

References

External links

Category:Hamlets in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Category:English places with etymologically Brittonic names