York Historic Environment Record

A village maypole was first recorded in 1830, and various iterations of the maypole have stood in the village green since.
The current maypole, erected in 1961, is the fifth recorded. It is white with blue and red stripes and features a cockerel weathervane at the top. It is made from a single piece of wood standing about 65 ft (20m) high, while previous iterations of Poppleton’s maypoles have been made of ships’ masts and a telegraph pole.
The maypole is a focal point within the village and its use a rare surviving village tradition, and so has strong landmark and rarity value.

The maypole is central to the Children’s Sports Day which has run uninterrupted since 1945 (including a virtual Sports Day in 2020), and so has strong communal value due to its part in the development of community identity and place in collective memories.
It has some artistic value as an attractive and eye-catching village feature.
York Civic Trust