Cropton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors National Park, 3 miles north-west of Pickering. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having three ploughlands, but it does not list any inhabitants. The name of the village derives from Old English, which …Cropton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors National Park, 3 miles north-west of Pickering. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having three ploughlands, but it does not list any inhabitants. The name of the village derives from Old English, which means a swelling, mound or hill with a farmstead, settlement or village. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 354, decreasing to 321 at the 2011 Census.
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