Faceby

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

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  • North Yorkshire
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54°25′17″N 1°14′12″W / 54.4214°N 1.2368°W / 54.4214; -1.2368

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.

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: Clarendon Press. p. 172. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  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.

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