Faceby

Faceby
Faceby village
Faceby Location within North Yorkshire
Population	188 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference	NZ496031
Civil parish	Faceby
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district	TS9
Dialling code	01642
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°25′17″N1°14′12″W / 54.42139°N 1.23667°W / 54.42139; -1.23667

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

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 (The Sutton Arms), ^[5] a village hall, and the 12th century St Mary Magdalene's Church, Faceby. ^[6] Buses run to Northallerton and Stokesley three or four times a day.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

See also

Listed buildings in Faceby

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: Oxford University Press. p. 172. OCLC   1228215388.
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.

External links

Media related to Faceby at Wikimedia Commons