Raw, North Yorkshire

Raw Fyling Raw
Hamlet
Farm buildings in the hamlet of Raw
Raw Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	NZ936053
Civil parish	Fylingdales Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITBY
Postcode district	YO22
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Scarborough and Whitby

Raw is a hamlet in the Borough of Scarborough of North Yorkshire, England, near to the villages of Fylingthorpe, Robin Hood's Bay, and Hawsker. The hamlet is mostly agricultural in nature and it lies 0.5-mile (0.8 km) north-west of Fylingthorpe, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-east of Whitby, and due east of the A171 road.^[1][2][3]

History

The hamlet of Raw is believed to have been settled around the year 1000 by Norwegians and Danes. Later, after the Conquest and an uprising, the land is thought to have been laid to waste by William the Conqueror.^[4] The hamlet is thought to have housed the first dwellings in the area when the settlers were only part-time fishermen.^[5] In 1563, the manor of Fyling Raw, along with Fylingthorpe, was bought by Sir Richard Cholmley, who then owned most of the land in the wapentake of Whitby Strand.^[6] An inquiry by Queen Elizabeth I in 1588 about possible warnings of the Spanish Armada, reported that Filingdaill (Fylingdales) had three beacons, one of which is believed to be Beacon Hill (625 feet (191 m) above Ordnance Datum) next to the hamlet of Raw.^[7][8] By the 19th century, hamlets around Robin Hood's Bay (Thorp, Raw and Normanby) were the agricultural areas to Robin Hood's Bay's maritime industry.^[9]

Originally, the hamlet was known as Row (IE a row of houses), and appeared as such on a map from 1775. At some point, this was changed to Fyling Rawe, and then Raw.^[10][11] It is listed as Row in the History and Topography of the City of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire,^[12] and mapping from 1910 shows it as Row.^{[13][note 1]} Quarries to the west of Raw used to provide raw materials for a brick and tile works in the hamlet.^[8] In February 1943, a Wellington aircraft on a training flight crashed at Skerry Hall farm, south of the hamlet. All of the aircrew survived.^[16]

The hamlet consists of 19 dwellings, which are located wholly within the parish of Fylingdales, however, the land in the village is split between the parishes of Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre.^{[17][18][19][20]} The moorland to the east and south of Raw is maintained by the Manor of Fyling Court Leet, and is designated as an SSSI.^[20][21]

The former parish church for Fylingdales, Church of St Stephen, which sits on the hill overlooking Fylingthorpe, is sometimes labelled as being in Raw, due to its proximity to the hamlet.^[22][23][24]

Governance

Historically in the wapentake of Whitby Strand, the North Riding of Yorkshire, and wholly within the ecclesiastical parish, and township of Fylingdales,^{[note 2]} the hamlet now straddles the boundary between two modern-day parishes. Raw is now part of the Borough of Scarborough, part of North Yorkshire,^[26] and lies wholly within the North York Moors National Park.^[2] It is within the Scarborough and Whitby constituency for the UK Government.^[27] The census returns for the hamlet in 1851, lists 143 people living there.^[28] The modern day population statistics are included in its two parishes, which in 2015 numbered 1,330 in Fylingdales, and 850 in Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre.^[29]

See also

• Listed buildings in Fylingdales

Notes

1. Several names are recorded for the hamlet; Row, Raw, Fyling Rawe, Thorp Rawe. A Parliamentary Poor Law Union report from 1862 lists it as Rawe.^[14][15]
2. In the 1871 census, the township of Fylingdales consisted of; Thorp (Fylingthorpe), Robin Hood's Bay, Normanby, Raw, and Stone Brow. Raw is listed as a village, and Normanby and Stone Brow as hamlets.^[25]

References

1. Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1913. [Part 1: Localities, Court & Trade Directories]. London: Kellys Directories. 1913. p. 102. OCLC 9543942090.
2. "OL27" (Map). North York Moors - Eastern area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2017. ISBN 978-0-319-24266-7.
3. "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Whitby:, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
4. "Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan Robin Hood's Bay" (PDF). northyorkmoors.org.uk. October 2017. p. 9. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
5. Gower 1978, p. 13.
6. "Nostalgia". The Scarborough News. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
7. Gower 1978, p. 19.
8. "Parishes: Fylingdales | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
9. Smith, M. T.; Hudson, B. L. (January 1984). "Isonymic relationships in the parish of Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, in 1851". Annals of Human Biology. 11 (2): 141–148. doi:10.1080/03014468400006991.
10. Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 118. OCLC 19714705.
11. Waters, Colin (2011). A history of Whitby & its place names. Stroud: Amberley. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4456-0429-9.
12. Whellan, T. (1859). History and Topography of the City of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York, Volume 2. Beverley: John Green. p. 832. OCLC 74378767.
13. "Fylingthorpe and Row". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022. Click on "show map details" on the bottom right which renders the revision date of the mapping
14. Atkinson, J. C. (1892). Quarter sessions records. North Riding Records. p. 105. OCLC 1279483.
15. Parliamentary Papers Poor Law Unions volume 49, part II. London: HMSO. 1862. p. 490. OCLC 145367615.
16. "Wellington BK184". www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
17. "Raw" (PDF). Colin day.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
18. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Fylingdales Parish (E04007674)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
19. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre Parish (E04007681)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
20. "Raw and Fylingdales Moor". magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
21. Berry, Chris (15 May 2021). "Couple living the high life". The Yorkshire Post. Country Week. p. 19. ISSN 0140-0460.
22. Historic England. "Church of St Stephen (Grade I) (1148706)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
23. Woods, Michael (2 July 1989). "North York Moors - National Parks". infoweb.newsbank.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
24. "Genuki: Fylingdales, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
25. Census of England and Wales, 1871. (33 & 34 Vict. c. 107.). London: HM Stationary. 1873. p. 462. OCLC 53112216.
26. "Raw Scarborough". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
27. "Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
28. Smith, Malcolm (2002). "Case study: Occupations in Fylingdales". In Smith, Malcolm (ed.). Human biology and history. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 124. ISBN 0-415-28861-4.
29. "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 17. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

Sources

• Gower, E. (1978). Robin Hood's Bay (3 ed.). Clapham: Dalesman. ISBN 0852064624.

External links

• A map of the hamlet