Easby, Hambleton

Easby
Easby
Easby shown within North Yorkshire
Population 197 (Including Little Ayton. 2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference NZ577086
Civil parish
  • Easby
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district TS9
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber

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

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

References

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