Easby, Hambleton
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Easby is a village and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the county of
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England. It lies approximately south-east of
Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. According to the 2021 Census, the parish has a popu ...
. The larger village of Low Easby lies down the road, but neither have any amenities, only a postbox. The name Easby comes from
Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
and means ''farmstead or village of a man called Esa''. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary
North Yorkshire Council North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023 the council has been a unitary authority, being a county coun ...
. St Agatha's Chapel lies in the village.


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Listed buildings in Easby, Hambleton Easby, Hambleton, Easby is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains eleven Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. ...


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