Copgrove
| Copgrove | |
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 Copgrove
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| Copgrove shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 137 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SE 35412 62819 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Dialling code | 01423 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Copgrove is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, it is 5 miles south-west of Boroughbridge and the A1 road. The village is located near Rober Beck, a Beck that has been influenced by glaciers and overflowing channels.
Copgrove was described in 1870–72 as:
The parish is made up of 1000 acres of land and the surface is hilly with a single stream running through it, a tributary to the Ure which separates Copgrove from the parish of Burton-Leonard.
The original Old English definition of Copgrove is split up into the 'Cop' and the 'grove' part 'cop meant personal name and the 'grove' part literally means grove, suggesting that the area is a landscapes consisting of woods and lots of small groups of trees.
In 1309 Archbishop William de Greenfield of York passed through Copgrove. The parish mainly consisted of the Hall, the Church and a well that has been discovered. The Holy Well is on a public footpath which runs from Copgrove village through the fields belonging to Copgrove Hall: a large cistern that had been let into the course of an underground stream. History shows that the well was thought to be usable again as a sacred healing bathing place. People came to seek a cure for their ills in the miraculous waters of St Mungo's Well.
The Domesday Book describes Copgrove as having a total population of "7 households" and "7 villagers". The total tax assessed was "6 geld units" which is quite large compared to the population. The land available was split between the population as land for the "Lord's plough team", and a separate part for the "mens plough team" and one church in the Parish. The Lord in 1066 was Gospatric son of Arnketil and in 1086 it was Turseten.
In 1835 the population of Copgrove was recorded at 97 inhabitants.
Between 1811 and 1961 records of the population of Copgrove are available and these show that from 1811 the population remained fairly constant for the next 10 years before making a dip to 87 in 1931. 1940 had the biggest increase in population rising to 120 inhabitants. After 1891 the population of the Parish continued to decrease down to its lowest number of 60 in 1931. In 1951 however the population was recorded at 86. This could have been because of the baby boom that occurred between the late 1940s and early 1960s.
According to the 2011 census Copgrove had a population of 137.
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