Hawnby

Also known as Hawnby, North Yorkshire

Hawnby is a small crossroads village and civil parish in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The village is about north-west of Helmsley.

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It sits within the topics Civil parishes in North Yorkshire, OpenDomesday and Villages in North Yorkshire.

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Place details

Locality: Hawnby
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: North Yorkshire
Population: 217
Image: Hawnby, Ryedale - geograph.org.uk - 121524.jpg

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Commons category: Hawnby
OS grid reference: SE543898
historic county: Yorkshire

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Hawnby is a small crossroads village and civil parish in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The village is about north-west of Helmsley.

==History== The name Hawnby probably derives from the Old Norse Halmibȳ meaning 'Halmi's village'. The first element could perhaps be derived from the Old English halm meaning 'straw'.

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