Editing Copmanthorpe (section)

==History==
[[File:Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 188008.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Temple Lane, near the site of [[Copmanthorpe Preceptory, York|Copmanthorpe Preceptory]]]]
The [[Roman road]] from [[York]] (Eboracum) to [[Tadcaster]] (Calcaria) runs to the north of the village centre, along what are now Top Lane, Hallcroft Lane and Colton Lane.

It is recorded that the Lord of Copmanthorpe Manor was an Anglo-Saxon, named Gospatrick, at the time of the [[Norman Conquest]] of England. According to the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, the title was handed to Erneis de Burun in 1084, when he became [[Sheriff of Yorkshire]].

Members of the [[Vavasour Baronets|Vavasour]] family were resident in the village from the 17th until the 20th century. A ''William Vavasour of Copmanthorpe'' is recorded in the [[Battle Abbey Roll]]. The Vavasour family were the holders of the ''Barotnetcy of Haselwood'' near Tadcaster from 1628, which included estates in [[Skellingthorpe|Killingthorpe]], [[Spaldington|Spalington]] and Copmanthorpe.<ref name=":3">{{cite book |title= The Battle Abbey Roll:With Some Account of the Norman Lineages, Volume 3|last= Powlett|first= Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina|year= 1889|publisher= J.Murray|page= 522}}</ref> Sir William Vavasour was the first and only [[Sprignell baronets|Baronet of Copmanthorpe]] in 1643 until his death in 1659 and was the son of the Knight Marshall, Sir Thomas Vavasour.<ref name=":4">{{cite book |title= The parliamentary representation of the six northern counties of England: Cumberland, County Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, and their cities and boroughs. 1603–1886. With lists of members and biographical notices|last= Bean|first= William Wardell|year= 1890|page= [https://archive.org/details/parliamentaryre00beangoog/page/n814 789]}}</ref> In 1672 the manor was sold to the Wood family. 
[[File:Escutcheon_of_Sprignell_Baronets_of_Coppenthorp_(1641).svg|thumb|Escutcheon of Sprignell Baronets of Coppenthorp (1641)]]
Copmanthorpe was the site of a [[preceptory]] of the [[Knights Templar]], on land given to the Templar Knights by the Malbis family (see [[Acaster Malbis]]). A Preceptor, Robert de Reygate, of the Temple is recorded as early as 1291.

During the [[First World War]], there was a [[Royal Flying Corps]] airfield near to Drome Road.<ref name="story"/><ref name=":5">{{cite book |title= York|last= Benson|first= George|year= 1911|publisher= Cooper & Swann|page= 157}}</ref> The [[No. 57 Squadron RAF|57 (Cheltenham) Squadron]] was formed here in June 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30964|title=57 Cheltenham Squadron|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> In 1919, one of the huts from the aerodrome was bought by [[Yearsley Bridge Hospital]] (a fever hospital), in the north of York, to provide additional nurses' accommodation.<ref>{{cite book |title= County Hospital to NHS Trust: The History and Archives of NHS hospitals, services and management in York, 1740–2000|last= Webb|first= K.&nbsp;A.|year= 2002|publisher= University of York|isbn= 0-903857-99-5|page= 143}}</ref>

A railway accident occurred on 25 September 2006, when the 14:25 [[Plymouth]] to [[Edinburgh]] Virgin Cross Country service collided with a car that had veered off Moor Lane and onto the tracks, killing the car driver and causing the front carriage of the Voyager train set to derail. The accident happened at approximately 21:01 BST. The train involved was already running late on its journey towards York.