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Upper Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated by the West bank of the River Ouse adjacent to Nether Poppleton, and west of York close to the A59 from York to Harrogate. The village is served by Poppleton railway station on the Harrogate Line. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,961. Before 1996, it was part of the Borough of Harrogate. The name is derived from ''popel'' (pebble) and ''tun'' (hamlet, farm) and means "''Pebble Farm''" because of the gravel bed upon which the village was built.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Origin of name )〕 Upper Poppleton has been referred to as "Land Poppleton" and the neighbouring village of Nether Poppleton as "Water Poppleton" indicating their position relative to the river. The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.〔 It became a Conservation Area in 1993. ==History== In 972, the village was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles as "Popeltun" and in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Popeltune".〔 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. During the reign of Richard II the village was the scene of the murder of a Mayor of York.〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civil War )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upper Poppleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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