Cayton

Cayton is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England, 4 miles (6 km) south of Scarborough.

This article is about the English village near Scarborough. For the former Cayton near Harrogate, see South Stainley. For the former Cayton in China, see Quanzhou.

Cayton
St John the Baptist Church, Cayton
Cayton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	2,328 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	TA053833
• London	185 mi (298 km) S
Civil parish	Cayton
District	Scarborough
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SCARBOROUGH
Postcode district	YO11
Dialling code	01723
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Scarborough and Whitby

Section post, badly affected by coastal erosion, Cayton Bay.

History

Cayton is mentioned in the Domesday book as "Caitune".

In 2010, Cayton won a Silver-gilt, at the Britain in Bloom awards. This was achieved despite earlier sabotage attacks on a number of flower beds in the village.

Second World War

Second World War defences were constructed around Cayton. They included a section post and several pillboxes. Many of the remaining defences have been subject to coastal erosion.

The village sent 45 men to the First World War, and 60 to the Second. There was not a single fatality amongst the combined 105 men, with only one soldier suffering a serious injury during the First World War, then being subsequently spared by a German Officer.

Cayton Bay Landslide

In April 2008, a major landslip caused tons of earth to slip down the cliff side at the edge of Cayton Bay close to Osgodby,[2] leaving bungalows on the Knipe Point estate teetering on the edge of the cliff.[3] The slope movements, caused by water seeping through the clay cliffs,[4] resulted in three properties being demolished and other properties in the Knipe Point Estate and the A165 Filey Road being threatened.[5] A number of the remaining homes are still at risk as the slope and the National Trust land below it are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI); despite an initial outlay of £90,000[6] by Scarborough Borough Council and the National Trust an engineered solution could not be found that would satisfy the technical, environmental and cost-effective criteria set by Natural England, the Environment Agency and Defra.[7]

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 UK census was 4,152.[8] Cayton parish had a population of 2,328[1] a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 2,407.[9]

Community

Cayton County Primary School educates pupils aged 4 to 11 years.

Cayton Bay forms one of a series of large sweeping sandy bays on the edge of the North Yorkshire National Park which run from Bridlington in the south to Whitby in the north. There is a surf shop and car park on the cliff tops above the bay.

Cayton railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 May 1952.[10]

Media

Cayton is served by local commercial radio station, Yorkshire Coast Radio, which provides a daily local news service.

Notable people

The village is the birthplace of Mikey North, who portrays Gary Windass, in Coronation Street. North attended the nearby George Pindar School.[11]

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cayton Parish (1170217327)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
2. "Cayton Bay Cliff Stability Assessment, Ground Investigation and Appraisal of Engineering Stabilisation Options" (PDF). Halcrow April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
3. "Landslide leaves homes on the edge of a cliff". The Daily Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group Limited. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
4. "Changes in asset values on eroding coasts" (PDF). Joint Defra/EA Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D Programme. Defra 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
5. "Landslide at Knipe Point, Cayton Bay, North Yorkshire". British Geological Survey. Natural Environment Research Council. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
6. "Recent Weather Events - Further Details on: Erosion and Landslips" (PDF). Yorkshire & Humber Climate Change Adaptation Study. Yorkshire Futures 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
7. "Report to Cabinet - Cayton Bay Cliff Instability". Scarborough Borough Council. Report Of The Head Of Technical Services - 09/535. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
8. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cayton 2011 Census Ward (1237325170)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
9. "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Cayton CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
10. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
11. Stead, Mike (15 April 2009). "Coronation Street star Mikey North attacked in Scarborough". York Press. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

Further reading

• William Foot - Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940 (Council for British Archaeology, 2006) ISBN 1902771532

External links

Media related to Cayton at Wikimedia Commons

• Landslide at Knipe Point, Cayton Bay, North Yorkshire British Geological Survey
• Cayton Bay web site