Swainby

Swainby

Scugdale Beck at Swainby with
Holy Cross Church in the background
Swainby
Swainby shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference NZ477019
• London 215 mi (346 km) south
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORTHALLERTON
Postcode district DL6
Dialling code 01642
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Swainby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A172 road, 8 miles (13 km) north-east from Northallerton and 5 miles (8 km) south-east from the small market town of Stokesley.

Overview

Swainby is located at the north-western corner of the North York Moors National Park. The characteristics of the village and the surrounding area consist of traditional Yorkshire dry stone walls, hills, sheep, heather and moorland.

The village is close to the ruins of Whorlton Castle; Swainby appears to have been built after its abandonment, possibly due to the Black Death (or some other disease) leaving the inhabitants of the castle low in number in 1428.[1]

Holy Cross Church (Church of England) was designed by T. H. Wyatt; he was commissioned to do it by the Marquess of Ailesbury. It is in the Early English style and constructed of locally quarried stone. The church was consecrated on 4 October 1877.

In the 19th century the housing of miners who worked the nearby hills for ironstone and jet led to an expansion of the village.

Swainby contains two public houses, "The Blacksmiths Arms" and "The Black Horse", and a caravan park with farm house.

Governance

Although Swainby is in Whorlton civil ward it has retained an electoral ward in its own name. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 1,820.[2]

See also

Holy Cross Church

References

  1. ↑ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 80. ISBN 9781840337532.
  2. ↑ "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics – Area: Swainby (Ward)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

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