Easby, Hambleton

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Easby

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townMIDDLESBROUGHPostcode districtTS9PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°28′12″N 1°06′39″W / 54.46996°N 1.11075°W / 54.46996; -1.11075

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

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Easby Parish (1170216829)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ 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.