Editing Upper Poppleton (section)

==History==
In 972, the village was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles as "Popeltun" and in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' as "Popeltune".<ref name="Origin of name"/> The villages and lands were given by Osbert 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, York|St Mary-Bishophill Junior]].<ref name="Bulmers">{{cite book |title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890|date=2002|orig-date=1890|publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}</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 name="Bulmers"/>

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 |access-date=14 November 2010}}</ref>

The village benefitted from the growth in the railways in the 19th century, when the York, Knaresborough and Harrogate Railway routed their line through Poppleton and erected 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 }}</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|title=History of Upper Poppleton, in Harrogate and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13923|access-date=28 November 2020|website=visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref>