Warlaby Explained

Country:England
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Static Image Caption:Warlaby
Coordinates:54.3177°N -1.4645°W
Official Name:Warlaby
Population:50
Population Ref:(2015)[1]
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:NORTHALLERTON
Postcode District:DL7
Postcode Area:DL
Os Grid Reference:SE349914

Warlaby is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.[2] The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Ainderby Steeple. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be around 50 people.[1] It is near the A684 and Morton-on-Swale. It is 2.5km (01.6miles) west of Northallerton.[3]

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having 75 ploughlands.[4] the name derives from Old English and is believed to be from Wærlaf's By, a personal name.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . 15 July 2021 . 12. December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf. 4 June 2022. dead.
  2. Book: White, William . 1840 . History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire . Robert Leader . 600.
  3. Northallerton & Thirsk . 302. 2018 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-24554-5 .
  4. Web site: Warlaby Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 15 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Warlaby :: Survey of English Place-Names . epns.nottingham.ac.uk . 15 July 2021.
  6. Book: Ekwall . Eilert . The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names . 1960 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-869103-3 . 79 . 4.