Crakehall
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![The White Cross at Great Crakehall was near the site of Bedale cattle market in medieval times.](/Images/godic/202501/06/The_White_Cross,_Crakehall3757.jpg")
![Saint Gregory Crakehall](/Images/godic/202501/06/Saint_Gregory_Crakehall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_13416073757.jpg")
Crakehall is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of Bedale. The village lies along the route of the A684 and is split into two parts by Bedale Beck, a tributary of the River Swale. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 677. The north-west part is known as Little Crakehall, and the south-east part as Great Crakehall. It is 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west-south-west of the county town of Northallerton.