Crackpot, North Yorkshire#Crackpot Cave

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{for|Crackpot Hall|Keld, North Yorkshire}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Bents House and Crackpot.jpg

|static_image_caption = Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot

|coordinates = {{coord|54.36503|-2.04257|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Crackpot

|population =

|unitary_england = North Yorkshire

|lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

|region = Yorkshire and the Humber

|constituency_westminster =

|post_town = RICHMOND

|postcode_district = DL11

|postcode_area = DL

|dial_code =

|os_grid_reference = SD973966

}}

Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the Old English kraka (crow) and the Viking word pot (usually a pit or deep hole often in the bed of a river, but in this case, it refers to a rift in the limestone).Olmert, Michael (1996). Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella: Curiouser & Curiouser Adventures in History, p.238. Simon & Schuster, New York. {{ISBN|0-684-80164-7}}.