Scosthrop

OSgridreferenceSD900594

Civil parish

• Scosthrop

Post townSKIPTON

UKParliament

• Skipton and Ripon

Scosthrop
Civil parish
Scosthrop Manor
OS grid reference	SD900594
Civil parish	Scosthrop
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°01′52″N 2°09′07″W / 54.031°N 2.152°W / 54.031; -2.152

Scosthrop is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.^[1] The population as taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Kirkby Malham.^[2] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the settlement to have approximately 70 people.^[3]

Scosthorp was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to William the Conqueror, and the name means from Skott's outlying farmstead, with Skott being a personal name from Old Norse.^[4][5]

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[6] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Craven District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.