Ewe Cote, Whitby

Ewe Cote
Ewe Cote
Ewe Cote Location within North Yorkshire
Population	11  [1]
OS grid reference	NZ878107
Civil parish	Whitby
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITBY
Postcode district	YO21
Dialling code	01947
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Scarborough and Whitby
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°30′21″N0°41′39″W / 54.505800°N 0.694300°W / 54.505800; -0.694300

Ewe Cote is a small hamlet on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, set in the northern edge of the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 UK census, Ewe Cote has a population of 11. ^[1]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Geography

The hamlet of Ewe Cote is situated within a small sheltered cirque drainage basin. The bedrock geology is Moor Grit Member (Quartz sandstone) and Glaciofluvial superficial Deposits (Sand and Gravel). ^[2] The Upgang Beck springs from the cirque and flows via the hamlet down through the Whitby Golf Course onto Upgang Beach. ^[3]

History

Ewe Cote Hall ^[4] and the Ewe Cote Hall garden walls, ^[5] as well as the farmhouse and the outbuildings, both cottages, and the garden wall of one cottage, are all Grade II* listed structures.

Ewe Cote Hall Farmhouse

Notable residents

• Francis Meadow (Frank) Sutcliffe (1853-1941): was a pioneering photographer. ^[6] In the census of 1871, the Sutcliffe's are listed as living at Ewe Cote Hall and Frank is described as a photographer and artist's assistant. Today, Frank Sutcliffe's work is highly acclaimed for his pioneering black and white photographs of working people, bringing worldwide attention to Whitby. ^[7]

Francis Meadow Sutcliffe - "Sisters" in Ewe Cote

Ewe Cote looking southeast

References

1. "Population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. doogal.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. "Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360/1:50,000 geological map series, New Series". largeimages.bgs.ac.uk. British Geological Survey . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
3. "ARCHI: Old Map of Ewe Cote North Yorkshire". archiuk.com. The Worldwide Archaeological and Historic Sites Index with Maps. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
4. Historic England. "Ewe Cote Hall Farmhouse (1316408)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. Historic England. "Ewe Cote Hall Garden Walls (1204632)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 January 2022.
6. Eglon Shaw, Bill (1995). Frank Meadow Sutcliffe Photographs Book Two. North Yorkshire: The Sutcliffe Gallery. ISBN   0-9503175-3-5.
7. "Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941): the Whitby Photographer". thoresby.org.uk. The Thoresby Society. Retrieved 31 December 2021.