Leppington is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of

Scrayingham Scrayingham is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. The population was less than 100 at the 2011 census. Details are included in the civil parish of Howsham ...

, in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, and is north-east from the centre of the city and

county town In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elect ...

of York. In 1931 the parish had a population of 74. South of Leppington - geograph

The nearest railway station is at Malton, to the north. At the north of Leppington is the Grade II listed 17th-century Leppington Grange Barn.

History

Historically the hamlet was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Leppington in 1823 was in the Wapentake of

Buckrose Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ...

in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 363 Leppington was formerly a township and

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the communi ...

in the parish of Scrayingham, from 1866 Leppington was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Scrayingham.

References

Hamlets in North Yorkshire Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire Ryedale {{Ryedale-geo-stub