Kepwick
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
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| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton
| post_town = Thirsk
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File:Kepwick Hall.jpg, built in 1873 in the revived Tudor style]]
Kepwick is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the North York Moors and near the A19. The population according to the 2011 Census was fewer than 100 and, whilst the details are included in the civil parish of Nether Silton, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be about 90 in 2015.{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=22 December 2018 |page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}
History
The village is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book as either Chipuic or Capuic in the Allerton hundred. Chipuic or Capuic is translated from Old Scandinavian as meaning market-place.{{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=273 |edition=4}} At the time of the Norman invasion the manor was split among Orm, son of Gamil, Arnketil and Gillemicel. Afterwards some of the land remained with the Crown but some was granted to Hugh, son of Baldric as the main tenant.{{cite web |title=Kepwick|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE4790/kepwick/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=22 December 2018}} Until the 13th century the lands were granted to the Mowbray family, who installed mesne lordships to the Nevill and Malbiche families. The manor then passed to Nicholas de Punchardon, who in turn sold to Ingram Knout around 1316. After the Knout family ran into financial trouble, Margaret Knout married into the Lepton family to retain some of the land, with other parts being owned by the Bransby family at the start of the 15th century. When the Lepton family also ran into financial problems, they sold their land to Thomas, Lord Fauconberg of Newburgh in 1640 and they retained this land until 1808.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64610|title=History|accessdate=20 January 2013}}{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |pages=788–789|year=2002|origyear=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}
Remnants of the quarrying of limestone, sandstone and ironstone can be seen on the hills to the east of the village as well as the line of the tramway that connected them to the lime kilns. The tramway was not used after 1890.{{cite book |last1=Hoole |first1=Ken |title=A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 4, North East England |date=1974 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-6439-1 |page=91 |edition=2}} The remains of those Lime Kilns to the west of the village are designated a scheduled ancient monument.{{NHLE|num=1021190|desc=Lime kilns 400m south west of Furlands|accessdate=30 June 2017}}
There a chapel dedicated to St Margaret was built around 1300 but it disappeared at the time of the reformation. A private chapel was built in 1894 by the local landowner where Wesleyans held services. This has since passed into private hands.{{cite web|url=http://www.thirsk.org.uk/kepwick/|title=Village info|accessdate=24 January 2013}}
Governance
The village is in the Richmond and Northallerton UK Parliamentary constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Geography
The nearest settlements are Nether Silton {{convert|1.1|mi}} to the north-east and Cowesby {{convert|0.7|mi}} to the south-east. The A19 road lies {{convert|2.2|mi}} to the west. At the east end of the village Eller Beck runs off the Kepwick Hall Estate to join the Marl Pits Beck to the north. They form part of the Cod Beck tributary system, which flows into the River Swale.{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}
The 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 168.
At the end of the road to the disused quarries, to the east of the village, lies the old Hambleton Drove Road, which forms part of the Cleveland Way long-distance footpath.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ClevelandWay/uploads/Hambleton%20Drove%20Road%20Easy%20Access%20Walk.pdf |title=Drove Road |accessdate=24 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022203842/http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ClevelandWay/uploads/Hambleton%20Drove%20Road%20Easy%20Access%20Walk.pdf |archivedate=22 October 2013 }}
See also
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External links
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire