Editing Copmanthorpe

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53|54|56|N|1|08|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = top
| official_name            = Copmanthorpe
| static_image_name        = Indulge, Sizzling Plate and Copmanthorpe Post Office, Main Street, Copmanthorpe (4th November 2016).jpg
| static_image_caption     = Copmanthorpe Shops
| population               = 4,173
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name="2011 census"/>
| unitary_england          = [[City of York]]
| civil_parish             = Copmanthorpe
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| lieutenancy_england      = [[North Yorkshire]]
| constituency_westminster = [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]]
| post_town                = YORK
| postcode_area            = YO
| postcode_district        = YO23
| dial_code                = 01904
| os_grid_reference        = SE 57 47
}}
'''Copmanthorpe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|p|m|ə|n|ˌ|θ|ɔːr|p}}) is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[City of York]] in the English county of [[North Yorkshire]], {{convert|4|mi|km}} south-west of [[York]], west of [[Bishopthorpe]] and close to [[Acaster Malbis]], [[Askham Bryan]] and [[Askham Richard]]. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,262,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=1543504419|title=Copmanthorpe Parish |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref> reducing to 4,173 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170211383|title=Copmanthorpe Parish |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref>

The village was historically part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] until 1974. It was then a part of the district of [[Selby District]] in [[North Yorkshire]] from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=History of Copmanthorpe, in York and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12198|access-date=28 November 2020|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref> The village is part of the [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]] constituency.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Constituencies |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/council/Elections_and_democracy/constituencies/ |publisher=City of York Council |access-date=30 May 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605001254/http://www.york.gov.uk/council/Elections_and_democracy/constituencies/ |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

The village is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Copemantorp'', from [[Old Norse]] ''Kaupmanna þorp'',<ref name=":2">{{cite book |title= The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Issue 18 of Publications of the Thoresby Society, Leeds Thoresby Society (Eng)|last= Moorman|first= Frederic William|year= 1910|publisher= Johnson Reprint Corp|page= xxxi}}</ref> meaning ''Traders' Village'' or ''Craftsmen's Village''.<ref name = Copeman>{{cite book | last = Mills| first = A.&nbsp;D.| title = Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names  | year = 1991 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = [[Oxford]] | isbn = 0-19-852758-6}}</ref> The area of Copmanthorpe covering Main Street, Church Street and Low Green became a [[Conservation Area]] in 1978.<ref name="story">{{cite web|title=The Copmanthorpe Story|url=http://www.copmanthorpeparishcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/copmanthorpe-story.pdf|publisher=Copmanthorpe Parish Council|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref>

Copmanthorpe is bounded to the north by the [[A64 road|A64]], while the [[East Coast Main Line]] runs through its south-east periphery; to the west lies open countryside.

==History==
[[File:Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 188008.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Temple Lane, near the site of [[Copmanthorpe Preceptory, York|Copmanthorpe Preceptory]]]]
The [[Roman road]] from [[York]] (Eboracum) to [[Tadcaster]] (Calcaria) runs to the north of the village centre, along what are now Top Lane, Hallcroft Lane and Colton Lane.

It is recorded that the Lord of Copmanthorpe Manor was an Anglo-Saxon, named Gospatrick, at the time of the [[Norman Conquest]] of England. According to the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, the title was handed to Erneis de Burun in 1084, when he became [[Sheriff of Yorkshire]].

Members of the [[Vavasour Baronets|Vavasour]] family were resident in the village from the 17th until the 20th century. A ''William Vavasour of Copmanthorpe'' is recorded in the [[Battle Abbey Roll]]. The Vavasour family were the holders of the ''Barotnetcy of Haselwood'' near Tadcaster from 1628, which included estates in [[Skellingthorpe|Killingthorpe]], [[Spaldington|Spalington]] and Copmanthorpe.<ref name=":3">{{cite book |title= The Battle Abbey Roll:With Some Account of the Norman Lineages, Volume 3|last= Powlett|first= Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina|year= 1889|publisher= J.Murray|page= 522}}</ref> Sir William Vavasour was the first and only [[Sprignell baronets|Baronet of Copmanthorpe]] in 1643 until his death in 1659 and was the son of the Knight Marshall, Sir Thomas Vavasour.<ref name=":4">{{cite book |title= The parliamentary representation of the six northern counties of England: Cumberland, County Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, and their cities and boroughs. 1603–1886. With lists of members and biographical notices|last= Bean|first= William Wardell|year= 1890|page= [https://archive.org/details/parliamentaryre00beangoog/page/n814 789]}}</ref> In 1672 the manor was sold to the Wood family. 
[[File:Escutcheon_of_Sprignell_Baronets_of_Coppenthorp_(1641).svg|thumb|Escutcheon of Sprignell Baronets of Coppenthorp (1641)]]
Copmanthorpe was the site of a [[preceptory]] of the [[Knights Templar]], on land given to the Templar Knights by the Malbis family (see [[Acaster Malbis]]). A Preceptor, Robert de Reygate, of the Temple is recorded as early as 1291.

During the [[First World War]], there was a [[Royal Flying Corps]] airfield near to Drome Road.<ref name="story"/><ref name=":5">{{cite book |title= York|last= Benson|first= George|year= 1911|publisher= Cooper & Swann|page= 157}}</ref> The [[No. 57 Squadron RAF|57 (Cheltenham) Squadron]] was formed here in June 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30964|title=57 Cheltenham Squadron|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> In 1919, one of the huts from the aerodrome was bought by [[Yearsley Bridge Hospital]] (a fever hospital), in the north of York, to provide additional nurses' accommodation.<ref>{{cite book |title= County Hospital to NHS Trust: The History and Archives of NHS hospitals, services and management in York, 1740–2000|last= Webb|first= K.&nbsp;A.|year= 2002|publisher= University of York|isbn= 0-903857-99-5|page= 143}}</ref>

A railway accident occurred on 25 September 2006, when the 14:25 [[Plymouth]] to [[Edinburgh]] Virgin Cross Country service collided with a car that had veered off Moor Lane and onto the tracks, killing the car driver and causing the front carriage of the Voyager train set to derail. The accident happened at approximately 21:01 BST. The train involved was already running late on its journey towards York.

==Governance==

Originally, the village was part of the Rural West Ward of the Unitary Authority of the City of York. As of 2015 it is a one councillor ward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10817607.yorks-electoral-shake-up-revealed/?action=complain&cid=12182461|title=York's electoral shake-up revealed|publisher=The Press |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref> It is currently represented on the City Council by Councillor Chris Steward who gained the councillorship from independent councillor and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] colleague David Carr, who was the [[Leader of the City of York Council|leader of the City Council]] from May 2016 to January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|title=Find Councillor: Results by Ward: Rural West York Ward|publisher=City of York Council|accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>

=== Copmanthorpe Local Election Results 2023 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Candidate<ref>{{cite web |last=Services |first=Web |title=Local election results May 2023 |url=https://www.york.gov.uk/elections-1/local-election-results-may-2023 |access-date=28 June 2023 |website=City of York Council }}</ref>
! Party
! Votes
!'''%'''
|-
| '''Chris Steward''' || '''Conservative''' || '''421'''
|29.0
|-
| David Carr || Independent || 388
|26.8
|-
| Richard Charles Alfred Brown || Liberal Democrats || 255
|17.6
|-
| Ann Hilary Moxon || Labour  || 198
|13.7
|-
| Lars Kramm || Green || 187
|12.9
|-
|'''Turnout'''
| colspan="3" |'''43.6%'''
|}

=== Copmanthorpe Local Election Results 2019 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Candidate<ref>{{cite web |title=Local election results May 2019 – Copmanthorpe Ward |url=https://www.york.gov.uk/ElectionResults2019#copmanthorpe |accessdate=20 November 2020 |publisher=City of York Council}}</ref>
! Party
! Votes
!'''%'''
|-
| '''David Carr''' || '''Independent''' || '''662'''
|'''46.2'''
|-
| Matthew Freckelton || Conservative || 258
|18.0
|-
| Richard Brown || Liberal Democrat || 254
|17.7
|-
| Lars Kramm || Green || 159
|11.1
|-
| William Owen || Labour  || 99
|6.9
|-
|'''Turnout'''
| colspan="3" |'''42.9 %'''
|}

=== Copmanthorpe Local Election Results 2015 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Candidate<ref>{{cite web |last=Services |first=Web |title=Local election results May 2015 |url=https://www.york.gov.uk/elections-1/local-election-results-may-2015 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=City of York Council |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719182552/https://www.york.gov.uk/elections-1/local-election-results-may-2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Party
! Votes
!'''%'''
|-
| '''David Carr''' || '''Conservative''' || '''1,339'''
|'''50.2'''
|-
| Richard Brown || Liberal Democrat || 689
|26.0
|-
| David Horton || Labour || 442
|16.7
|-
| Jennifer Aitken || Green || 184
|6.9
|-
|'''Turnout'''
| colspan="3" |'''75.7 %'''
|}
Copmanthorpe Parish Council consists of 10 Parish Councillors. It manages the village's burial ground and allotments and is represented on the Recreation Centre committee, the Youth Club committee and the Drainage Board.  It runs the annual Coronation Cup Gardening Competition and the Chapman Andrews Annual Photographic Competition and works closely with the local Police Team on law enforcement matters.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us – Copmanthorpe – The Parish Council Website|url=https://www.copmanthorpeparishcouncil.org.uk/about-us/|access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==

Copmanthorpe lies 4 miles south-west of York city centre. The village lies on [[Moraine|glacial moraine]] of [[sandstone]] overlain with boulder clay. The highest point of the village is on Top Lane at 81 feet above sea level.<ref name="story"/> The village has two greens, Low Green and the smaller Memorial Green.

==Demography==

The population of the village has almost trebled over the past hundred years since the first census in 1881, rising from 311 in 1881 to 1,027 in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Statistics: Population: Copmanthorpe Civil Parish|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10414891&c_id=10001043&add=N|work=A Vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref> In the 2001 census the village parish notes the population as 4,262. The largest Age Group within the population, 30.5% between 45 and 64 years old with 26.1% were between 30 and 44 years old. Of the population aged between 16 and 74 years old, 69.3% declared they were in some form of employment and 25.3% said they were retired. Of the 1,699 households, 35% were Semi-Detached or terraced and 64.3% were Detached. The level of household ownership was 91%.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170211383|title=Copmanthorpe Parish|accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Small shopping precinct off Main Street, Copmanthorpe (4th November 2016) 002.jpg|thumb|right|Copmanthorpe's small shopping precinct]]
[[File:The Royal Oak, Copmanthorpe (4th November 2016).jpg|thumb|right|The Royal Oak]]
Originally the village was a place for tradesmen and farming, but currently Copmanthorpe is a functional commuter village, with two churches, a post office, a library, two coffee shops, two hair dresser's, a barber's, a pharmacy, two convenience stores, one pub and several takeaways.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shopping|url=http://www.copmanthorpeparishcouncil.org.uk/?page_id=44|work=Copmanthorpe: The Parish Council Website|publisher=Copmanthorpe Parish Council|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref>

==Culture and community==

Copmanthorpe Recreation Centre ("the Rec") provides most of the sporting and many of the social facilities in the village. It is a registered charity for the benefit of the whole village. There is also a children's play area with a variety of equipment on a safety surface.<ref>{{cite web|title=Play Areas|url=http://www.york.gov.uk/environment/Parks_and_open_spaces/playgrounds/|publisher=City of York Council|access-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314025714/http://www.york.gov.uk/environment/Parks_and_open_spaces/playgrounds/|archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> Allotments, with fifty four plots, can be found on Temple Lane and are run by Copmanthorpe Parish Council.<ref>{{cite web|title=Other Allotments in York|url=http://www.york.gov.uk/environment/Parks_and_open_spaces/Allotments/allotments-other/|publisher=City of York Council|access-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103195504/http://www.york.gov.uk/environment/Parks_and_open_spaces/Allotments/allotments-other/|archive-date=3 January 2011}}</ref>

The Royal Oak is the village's remaining public house. Census returns show that the Inn was, at one time, also a blacksmith's shop and a brewhouse. It was first listed as a pub in 1830.<ref>{{cite web |title=Copmanthorpe – The Parish Council Website |url=https://www.copmanthorpeparishcouncil.org.uk/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=www.copmanthorpeparishcouncil.org.uk}}</ref>

There are numerous village functions throughout the year, including the Carnival in summer and the Fayre in spring. The local branch of the [[Women's Institute]] was formed in 1924 and moved into a purpose built hall in 1928.<ref name="story"/> Other clubs and societies include a [[Mothers' Union]], drama group, youth club and both Scouts and Girl Guide troops.

In 2014 the first charity beer festival, 'Coptoberfest', was held at St Giles Church in Copmanthorpe.  In 2023 Coptoberfest raised over £7,000.<ref>{{cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Darren |date=7 December 2023 |title=Coptoberfest raises more than £7,000 for good causes |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23974668.coptoberfest-raises-7-000-good-causes/ |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=York Press}}</ref> To date, the event has raised over £25,000 which has been given away to local charities, good causes and organisations such as [[Scouting|Scouts]], [[Girl Guides|Guides]] and sports clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coptoberfest.co.uk/ |title=Coptoberfest |accessdate=2 June 2023}}</ref>

1st Copmanthorpe Scouts was formed in 1968. As of 2023, the Scouts have groups of Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1stcopmanthorpe.scoutsites.org.uk/ |title=1st Copmanthorpe Scouts|accessdate=5 June 2023}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:A64 near Copmanthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 187995.jpg|thumb|right|A64 near Copmanthorpe taken from grade separated junction with A1237 York Outer Ring Road.]]
The village is bypassed by the [[A64 road|A64]] [[Leeds]] to [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] road. This road used to pass through the village along the route of the old Roman road along Hallcroft Lane and Top Lane. The bypass was built in 1975–76<ref name="York Bypass">{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A64|title=York Bypass|access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> with the grade separated junction linking Manor Heath to Askham Fields Lane and the A1237 York Outer Ring Road being built in 1987.<ref>{{cite book |title= A64 Leeds – York – Scarborough Trunk Road (Copmanthorpe Grade Separated Junction) (Trunking) Order 1987: Highways, England and Wales|last= The Stationery Office|year= 1987|publisher= The Stationery Office |location= London|isbn=978-0-11-078274-4}}</ref> The traffic lights at the end of Top Lane that used to provide access to the bypass for village residents were removed in 2002.<ref name="York Bypass"/>

There was a railway station in the village that opened in 1839 on the [[York and North Midland Railway|York & North Midland line]]. The station was closed to passengers in 1959 and closed altogether in 1964.<ref name="story"/> Plans have been put forward to reopen the station along with others in the area surrounding [[York]], but these have failed to materialise.<ref>{{cite web|title=York Suburb Station Plan Derailed Again|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/archive/2004/06/18/York+Archive/7885422.York_suburb_station_plan_derailed_again/|work=The Press|publisher=Newsquest Media Group|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref>

The village is served by one regular local bus service from York, run by Connexions, [[Yorkshire Coastliner]] service, and by a service run by [[Harrogate Coach Travel]] as part of the York to [[Colton, North Yorkshire|Colton]] route.

==Education==

The original village school opened in 1869 on the site now occupied by the health centre.<ref name="story"/> The current junior school, opened in 1968, was designed to take over from the Victorian building, but as the population grew an infants school was also built alongside in 1972.

Primary education is currently catered for at [[Copmanthorpe Primary School]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Copmanthorpe Primary School|url=http://www.skillspace.com/LearningSystem/PortalHome/Start.asp?Institution=Copmanthorpe&Campus=|publisher=Copmanthorpe Primary School|access-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910210946/http://www.skillspace.com/LearningSystem/PortalHome/Start.asp?Institution=Copmanthorpe&Campus=|archive-date=10 September 2012}}</ref> with students usually going to [[Tadcaster Grammar School]], a co-educational [[comprehensive school]], for their secondary and further education.

==Religion==
[[File:Copmanthorpe Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 231028.jpg|thumb|right|Copmanthorpe Methodist Church on Main Street.]]
The Grade II listed [[St Giles' Church, Copmanthorpe|St Giles' Church]] on Church Street was built in 1180 and much remains of the original Norman design.<ref name="story"/><ref>{{NHLE|num=1166793|desc=Church of St Giles|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> St Giles did not become a parish church in its own right until 1866, as Copmanthorpe was previously part of the parish of [[St Mary Bishophill Junior, York|St Mary Bishophill Junior]] in York. The parish was detached from St Mary Bishophill in 1844 and for a time linked to the parish at Askham Richard.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Victorian Church in York|last= Royle|first= Edward|year= 1983|publisher= Borthwick Papers|location= York|isbn= 0-900701-57-9|pages= 2 & 42}}</ref>

Church Street was also the site of the first [[Methodism|Methodist Chapel]] in the village, around 1788. The modern chapel was built in 1958 in Main Street by the architects Greenwood and Nicholls.

==Sports==

There is a dedicated sports area at the Recreation Ground which is the home of Copmanthorpe Football Club and Copmanthorpe Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://copmanthorpefc.weebly.com/ |title=Copmanthorpe Football Club|accessdate=5 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://copmanthorpe.play-cricket.com/home |title=Copmanthorpe Cricket Club|accessdate=5 June 2023}}</ref> Copmanthorpe Tennis Club and Copmanthorpe Bowling Club are also based here.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/CopmanthorpeTennisClub |title=Copmanthorpe Tennis Club|accessdate=5 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.copmanthorpebowlingclub.org.uk/ |title=Copmanthorpe Bowling Club|accessdate=5 June 2023}}</ref>

The '''football club''' was founded in 1962 and, as of 2023, the 1st XI play in the York Minster Engineering Football League Division Three{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} and the reserves in the Reserve B Division.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}  The club also has a Senior Disability (Pan-Disability) team, Veteran's team and representation at Junior 11 aside, 9 aside, 7 aside and 5 aside.

The '''cricket club''', which has attained ECB Clubmark status, has around 90 members across all age groups.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

As of 2023, the club's 1st XI play in Division 3 of the Yorkshire Premier League North, Galtres{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}, and the 2nd XI play in Division 4 of the same league.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Copmanthorpe '''Tennis Club''' is registered with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==
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