Medieval Craven

Craven
Geography
LocationNorth of England
North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria

Medieval Craven was a medieval polity in the north of England. While the name of Craven is Brythonic in origin, its usage continued following the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain and the Norman conquest of England. As such, the name was used in the Domesday Book of 1086 with a number of places being described as in Craven that are now found within the modern counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.

The former local government district of Craven (a much smaller area entirely within North Yorkshire) was defined in 1974 and abolished in 2023 to be replaced by the unitary authority of North Yorkshire.

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