Editing Nether Poppleton (section)

==History==

In 972, the village was recorded as "Popeltun" in a list made for Archbishop of York [[Oswald of Worcester|Oswald]] of Church property lost in the wars earlier in the century,<ref name="Timeteam">{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/2005_pop.html|title=Time Team|accessdate=8 February 2012}} For video on 4OD see http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od#2929881</ref> and in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' as "Popletune".<ref name="Origin of name"/> The villages and lands were given by [[Osbern D'Arques|Osbern De Arches]] to the Abbot of St Mary's in York. It was, therefore, under the ecclesiastical rule of the Parish of St Mary-Bishophill Junior.<ref name="S&N Publishing">{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890|page=882 |date=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0<!--|accessdate=8 November 2010-->}}</ref>

During the reign of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]], the village was the scene of the murder of a mayor of York.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890|page=882 |date=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn=1-86150-299-0}}</ref>

In 1644, the 25,000-strong Scottish and Parliament armies, led by the Earl of Manchester, laid siege to the city of York. To facilitate communications, they built a "bridge of boats" at Poppleton. This bridge was eventually taken by Prince Rupert and his Royalist forces, but he subsequently lost the battle at Marston Moor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/military/1644-york-march-marston-moor.htm|title=Civil War|accessdate=14 November 2010}}</ref>

The village benefited from the growth in the railways in the 19th century when the York, Knaresborough and Harrogate Railway routed its line through Poppleton and built a station.<ref>{{cite book |title=The York, Knaresborough and Harrogate Railway|year=2001|publisher=C.&nbsp;T.&nbsp;Goode|isbn=1-870313-22-4<!--|accessdate=14 November 2011-->}}</ref>

On 22 January 1876, the village became the birthplace of [[Flora Sandes]], the only woman to be officially enlisted during the First World War.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Wheelwright |first=Julie |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |title=Yudenitch [Yudenich], Flora Sandes (1876–1956) |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |edition=online |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/49662}}</ref>

The village was historically part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] until 1974. It was then a part of the [[Borough of Harrogate]] in [[North Yorkshire]] from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History of Nether Poppleton, in Harrogate and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13920|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 November 2020|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref>

===''Time Team'' Dig 2004===
In June 2004, the British broadcaster [[Channel 4]] made an episode of its archaeological programme ''[[Time Team]]'' in the village<ref name="Timeteam"/> in association with Yorkshire Wessex Archaeology to investigate the origins of the village based near some of the earthenworks around the village, especially near the church and Manor Farm.

In total, 12 trenches were dug in addition to 32 test pits dug by the local population. The dig found evidence that there had been a monastic building in the village that was dated AD&nbsp;450–850<ref name="Scheduled Monument"/> and a formerly-unknown [[Tudor period|Tudor]] manor.