Crackpot, North Yorkshire
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| Crackpot | |
  Crackpot shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | Richmondshire |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England.
Its name derives from the Old English kraka (a crow) and the Viking word pot (usually a cavity or deep hole often in the bed of a river, but in Crackpot's case it refers to a rift in the limestone). Crackpot cave contains a fine example of a column - where a stalactite has joined up with its stalagmite. To get to it you have to pass along the aptly named knee-wrecker passage.
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