Fryup

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Fryup ({{gbmapping|NZ720046}}) is a hamlet in the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is within the civil parish of Danby, and is located alongside Great Fryup Beck in Great Fryup Dale.

Fryup is separated into two small valleys or dales: Great Fryup Dale and Little Fryup Dale. The majority of people live in Great Fryup Dale, with Little Fryup having only eight or nine farms and cottages. Great Fryup has no shops nor even a pub; it has a telephone box, a post box, village hall and outdoor centre which used to be the old school. There is also a local cricket pitch and Quoits pitch.

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

Name

=Name origin=

The curious name Fryup may be a Yorkshire dialect reconstruction of the earlier name Frehope (14th century).

Survey of English Place-Names :*{{cite web|title= Survey of English Place-Names: Fryup |publisher= University of Nottingham

|url= http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/search/p/%28placeName%3A%2Afryup%2A%29|access-date= 1 March 2023}}

Frihop(p) 1223.
Frehope 1301.

The name was recorded as Fryop in the 19th century.{{efn|Yorkshire ( Thomas Langdale ).{{sfn|Langdale|1822|p=39}} .FRYOP, GREAT and LITTLE, 2 dales, in the township and parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh. . .{{sfn|Langdale|1822|p=39}} }}

The name element Fre may be a reference to the Norse goddess Frigg.Margaret Gelling, 'Place-Names and Anglo-Saxon Paganism', University of Birmingham Historical Journal, 8 (1962), 7–25, at 11–12; Nicholas Brooks, Margaret Gelling and Douglas Johnson, 'A New Charter of King Edgar', Anglo-Saxon England, 13 (1984), 137–55 at 150–1.

The name element hope is from Old English hōp or Middle English hope ( " valley " ).{{efn| WiKtionary : English< hope > Etymology 3. " From Middle English hope ("a valley"), from Old English hōp (found only in placenames)." }}

Place names with the name element hope are common in the North Pennines, especially in the lead mining areas of Weardale.{{efn| Examples of hope place names in County Durham:

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=Name legacy=

The following names are derived from Fryup:

Great Fryup Dale
Great Fryup Beck
Fryup Hall
Fryup End
Little Fryup Dale
Little Fryup Beck

In 2014, it was reported that campaign group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had asked for the hamlet's name to be changed to 'Vegan Fryup' in order to promote World Vegan Day.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11556814.animal-campaign-group-makes-unusual-request-change-north-yorkshire-village-name-support-world-vegan-day/|title=Animal campaign group makes unusual request to change North Yorkshire village name to support World Vegan Day|website=The Northern Echo|accessdate=21 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.peta.org.uk/blog/unusual-request-north-yorkshire-hamlet/|title=An Unusual Request for a North Yorkshire Hamlet|date=29 October 2014|accessdate=21 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zv5m0|title=BBC Radio 4 – The Unbelievable Truth, Series 20, Episode 4|website=BBC|accessdate=21 July 2022}}

Local tradition and folklore

An old woman at Fryup was well known locally{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} for keeping the Mark's e'en watch (24 April), as she lived alongside a corpse road known as Old Hell Road. The practice involved a village seer holding vigil between 11 pm and 1 am to watch for the wraiths of those who would die in the following 12 months.

Sport

The Fryup Cricket Club ground and pavilion (built in 1925) is situated along the track off Long Causeway Road.{{cite web |url=https://sports-facilities.co.uk/sites/view/1040408 |title=Fryup Cricket Club ground |website=sports-facilities.co.uk |publisher=sports-facilities |date= |accessdate=2 September 2021}} The club senior XI compete in the Esk Valley Evening League.{{cite web |url=https://eskvalleyeveninglge.play-cricket.com/home |title=Esk Valley Evening League |website=eskvalleyeveninglge.play-cricket.com |publisher=EVEL |date= |accessdate=2 September 2021}}

References

=Notes=

=Citations=

=Sources=

{{cite book|last1= Langdale |first1= Thomas |title= A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire

|date= 1822 |publisher= LANGDALE }}

External links

[http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/mapas_ocultotierra/esp_mapa_ocultotierra_13.htm Where the Leylines led]

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Danby, North Yorkshire