Hornby,_Hambleton

Hornby, Hambleton

Hornby, Hambleton

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Not to be confused with Hornby, Richmondshire.

Hornby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.[2] It lies on a minor road between Great Smeaton and Appleton Wiske.[2]

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It lies roughly 9 miles (14 km) from Northallerton, 9 miles (14 km) from Darlington, and 7 miles (11 km) from Yarm.[2]

According to the 2001 census, Hornby had a population of 206,[3] which increased in the 2011 census to 238.[1] The village has very few amenities. There is a small church, a telephone box and a post box.

The village pub is called the "Grange Arms".

The village pump at Hornby

Etymology

The name of the village is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Horenbodebi and in 1088 in the Durham Liber Vitae as Hornbotebi. The final element comes from the Old Norse word bý ('settlement'). The origin of the first part of the name is less certain, but thought to come from a lost Old Norse personal name Hornbǫði. Thus the name once meant 'Hornbǫði's farm'. The modern form was perhaps influenced by the nearby Hornby, Richmondshire.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hornby Parish (1170216856)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
  3. [3]
    "Parish population 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire, English Place-Name Society, 5 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928), pp. 280-81.

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