Crackpot, North Yorkshire
Village in North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For Crackpot Hall, see Keld, North Yorkshire.
Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the Old English kraka (crow) and the Viking word pot (usually a pit or deep hole often in the bed of a river, but in this case it refers to a rift in the limestone).[1]
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Crackpot | |
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Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SD973966 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | RICHMOND |
Postcode district | DL11 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
54.36503°N 2.04257°W / 54.36503; -2.04257 |
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