Fadmoor

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Fadmoor
Yorkshire
North Riding
Sheep sale at Fadmoor.jpg
Sheep sale at Fadmoor
Location
Grid reference: SE676892
Location: 54°17’39"N, 0°57’45"W
Data
Population: 184  (2011)
Post town: YORK
Postcode: YO62
Local Government
Council: North Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Thirsk and Malton

Fadmoor is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, at the edge f the North York Moors and two miles north of Kirkbymoorside.

The name Fadmoor comes from the Old English for 'Fadda's moor'.[1]

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References

  1. Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9