In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cracoe like this:

CRACOE, a township in Burnsall parish, W. R. York shire; 5 ½ miles N by W of Skipton. It has a post office under Skipton. Acres, 2, 370. Real property, £1, 831. Pop., 139. Houses, 3 2.

Cracoe through time

Cracoe is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cracoe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cracoe, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12241

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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