Asenby
| Asenby | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Main Street, Asenby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE396752 |
| Location: | 54°10’19"N, 1°23’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 311 |
| Post town: | Thirsk |
| Postcode: | YO7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Harrogate |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Skipton and Ripon |
Asenby is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, with a population of 311 at the 2011 census. The village sits on the south bank of the River Swale about five miles south-west of Thirsk and seven miles east of Ripon.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Estanebi in the Yarlestre hundred. It was part of the manor of Topcliffe at the time of the Norman invasion and followed the descent of that manor thereafter.[1][2][3]
The name of the village name is the combination of the Norse personal name of Eystein and bi giving the meaning of Eystein's farm.[4][5]
Culture and community
The village is mostly housing with one public house on the outskirts. There is no church in the parish.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Asenby) |
References
- ↑ Asenby in the Domesday Book
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. pp. 839. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
- ↑ Watts (2011). Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names. Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0521168557.
- ↑ A.D. Mills (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford Paperbacks. p. 19. ISBN 978-0192800749.
- ↑ "Local info". Asenby Net. 2013. http://www.asenby.net/index.html. Retrieved 8 March 2013.