Easby,_Hambleton

Easby, Hambleton

Easby, Hambleton

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Not to be confused with Easby, Richmondshire.

Easby is a village and civil parish in Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] It lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Great Ayton. The larger village of Low Easby lies 0.3 miles (480 m) down the road, but neither have any amenities, only a postbox.

The Methodist chapel of Easby

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The name Easby comes from Old Norse and means farmstead or village of a man called Esa.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Easby Parish (1170216829)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
  3. [3]
    "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780199609086.

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