Faceby

Faceby is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is at the north-west corner of the North York Moors and near Stokesley.

Faceby

Faceby village
Faceby
Location within North Yorkshire
Population188 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ496031
Civil parish
  • Faceby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode districtTS9
Dialling code01642
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

Overview

The village is located on the north-western edge of the North York Moors National Park[2] and is 0.6 miles (1 km) south of the A172 road, and is 3.7 miles (6 km) from the A19 to the west and 3.7 miles (6 km) from Stokesley to the north-east.[3]

The name of the village derives from the Old Norse meaning "Feit's Settlement", with Feit being a personal name.[4] It has one pub called The Sutton Arms[5] and buses which run to nearby Northallerton and Stokesley three or four times a day. It also has a Village Hall and a 12th-century Church, St Mary Magdalene.[6]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Faceby (1170216838)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Yorkshire Moors: Faceby". www.yorkshiremoors.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. "OL26" (Map). North York Moors - Western area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319242650.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 172. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. Wilkinson, George (7 May 2011). "Country walk at Faceby". York Press. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  6. "St Mary Magdalene, Faceby". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

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