{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.142048|-0.722764|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Scagglethorpe | static_image = The Ham and Cheese Inn, Scagglethorpe - geograph.org.uk - 1376553.jpg | static_image_caption = Scagglethorpe Crossing | population = 220 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217289|title=Scagglethorpe Parish |accessdate=18 March 2018}}</ref> | civil_parish = Scagglethorpe | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | post_town = MALTON | postcode_district = YO17 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE835725 | london_distance_mi = 188 | london_direction = south }}

'''Scagglethorpe''' is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated just south from the A64 road, {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} east from Malton and almost midway between York and Scarborough.

Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.

To the east of Bull Piece Lane, {{convert|700|yd|m|0}} south from the village, is evidence of Iron Age or Roman ditches and rectilinear enclosures,<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=1432959 |mname= |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> and within the village have been found fragments of Roman pottery from the 1st century CE.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=62312 |mname= |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> On Charlton Place is the site of a medieval manor house.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=62321 |mname= |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> Just south from the A64, {{convert|500|yd|m|0}} west from the village, have been found Roman coins and a Celtic brooch.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=1437807 |mname= |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref>

In the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' Scagglethorpe is written as "Scachetorp". The manor, in the East Riding Hundred of Scard, comprised one household. Lordship of the manor had passed to Robert, Count of Mortain, who also became Tenant-in-chief.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE8372|name=scagglethorpe|display=Scagglethorpe|accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7588734&queryType=1&resultcount=5 "Documents Online: Scagglethorpe, Settrington, Yorkshire"], ''Great Domesday Book'', Folio: 382r; The National Archives. Retrieved 14 June 2012</ref>

Scagglethorpe is derived from the Viking word "Schachetorp", meaning hamlet of a man called Skakull or Skakli.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1947 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |oclc=12542596 |page=387 |edition=3}}</ref> thumb|left|The Ham and Cheese Inn On Village Street is Scagglethorpe Manor, a Grade II listed 17th-century farmhouse with an early-19th-century wing.<ref name=Pevsner>Pevsner, Nikolaus; ''The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding'' pp.&nbsp;333, 334; Penguin (1972); reprinted 1975, Pevsner Architectural Guides. {{ISBN|0140710434}}</ref><ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1149510 |desc=Scagglethorpe Manor|accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> ''Pevsner'' also notes a {{circa|1816}} Gothic-style Wesleyan Methodist chapel and a cottage with a Gothic porch.<ref name=Pevsner/><ref>{{HERR|mnumber=1504989 |mname= |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> The chapel is part of the Malton Methodist Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maltonmethodistcircuit.org.uk/page10.html |title=Scagglethorpe Methodist Church|accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref>

Village facilities include a public house, playing field and a village hall. {{clear left}}

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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Scagglethorpe}} *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=14174 "Scagglethorpe Yorkshire"], A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 14 June 2012

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire