Whilst there is no documentary evidence of this, it is a locally believed legend and mapping from 1819 and 1856 does show at least nine dwellings as having been removed.

[11] The name of the Wheatsheaf Hotel suggests a corn-growing past, and the inn itself was where James Herriot and his bride spent their honeymoon in 1941.

[12] In 2004, the village launched a campaign to provide a sports pavilion for its football team which plays in the Wensleydale Creamery League.

After years of events and fundraising, the effort was still far short of its goal when the Mars confectionery company donated money to the final £125,000 needed to construct the pavilion.

The building of the pavilion was filmed in a time-lapse and used by Mars as a TV advertisement which also had footballer Peter Crouch playing on the pitch at Carperby.