CROPTON, a township in the parish of MIDDLETON,
PICKERING lythe, North riding of the county of YORK,
4 miles (N. W". by N.) from Pickering, containing 321
inhabitants. There is a place of .worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. An estate forming part of the parish charity
lands, producing about £23 per annum, has been appropriated
to the support of a school in which twelve children
are educated. There are various tumuli within the
township, thought to be British, and .a high mount called
Cropton Castle, at the base of which are distinct traces
of a Roman road, and near it vestiges of a Roman
camp.