Crambeck near

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and Malton in

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is near the River Derwent.

History

Roman

Crambeck is famous in antiquity as having been the Roman ceramic kiln site that lends its name to the locally produced

Crambeck Ware Crambeck Ware is a type of Romano-British ceramic produced in North Yorkshire primarily in the 4th Century AD.Monaghan, G. 1997.''Roman Pottery from York'' (Archaeology of York Series 16/8). York: York Archaeological Trust. pp903-906 Site The C ...

pottery. Excavations in Crambeck were undertaken by

Philip Corder Philip Corder (–29 May 1961) was a British archaeologist and curator, and president (1954-1957) of the Royal Archaeological Institute. Biography Corder was Master of Bootham School, where he taught English, before becoming the curator of V ...

in 1926–1927 with boys from

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Georgian

The nearby Crambeck Road Bridge on the A64 was built in 1785 by

John Carr (architect) John Carr (1723–1807) was a prolific English architect, best known for Buxton Crescent in Derbyshire and Harewood House in West Yorkshire. Much of his work was in the Palladian style. In his day he was considered to be the leading architect in ...

Victorian

Crambeck was the home of the Castle Howard Reform School (1856-?1986). The home, run by Humberside county council, consisted of 5 separate blocks of houses with dormitory rooms in each. The houses were named, 1. House (Yellow) 2. House (Blue) 3. House (Green) 4. House (Brown) And a 5th house that was a secure unit, attached to 4 house, with locked secured doors and 4 cells like they have in police stations.

Modern

A local history project recorded memories of life in the village in the 1930s and 1940s. In June 2014 access to Crambeck was limited by a spillage of

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on the nearby A64.

References

External links

Crambeck Village Community Website
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