Plompton

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Plompton
Plompton shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE355535
District	Harrogate
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KNARESBOROUGH
Postcode district	HG5
Dialling code	01423
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Harrogate and Knaresborough
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°59′24″N 1°28′04″W / 53.9899, -1.4677

Plompton is a hamlet and civil parish located south of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A661.

Plompton Hall was designed by the architect John Carr, and composer John Hebden originates from the parish.

[edit] Plumpton Rocks

Plompton Rocks, circa 1798 - J.M.W. Turner

Plumpton Rocks is a man-made lake and surrounding pleasure-gardens designed by Daniel Lascelles against a backdrop of towering rocks eroded by the wind. The lake was extended by a dam built by John Carr, architect of the hall. The artist J.M.W. Turner was commissioned by Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood to produce two paintings of the lake and rocks.^[1] These now hang at Harewood House.

The rocks were also painted by Thomas Girtin.^[2]

It is currently operated as a tourist attraction by the owner Robert de Plumpton Hunter. The reason for the 'u' in the current name for the rocks is unknown - Turner referred to it as Plompton Rocks, in keeping with the name of the parish itself.^[3]