Ainderby Miers with Holtby is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.[1] The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Information is now kept with the parish of Hackforth.[2] However, in 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 20.[3] The parish is bounded to the east by the A1(M) motorway,[4] and is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Catterick, and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bedale.[5] It includes the hamlets of Ainderby Miers and Holtby Grange.
| Ainderby Miers with Holtby | |
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| Civil parish | |
 Holtby Church | |
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| OS grid reference | SE260931 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTHALLERTON |
| Postcode district | DL7 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Ainderby occurs three times in the area (Ainderby Quernhow, Ainderby Steeple, and Ainderby Miers). The first part is derived from a personal name, Eindriði, and the second part denotes the area: Quernhow was where the quern-stones came from, Steeple denoted the church, and Miers denoted that the land there was boggy (a mire).[6]
See also
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edit- ^ "DLUHC Open Data | Ainderby Miers with Holtby". opendatacommunities.org. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hackforth Parish (E04007187)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate civil parishes.
- ^ "Genuki: Hornby, Yorkshire (North Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. pp. 219, 224, 239, 275. OCLC 19714705.
External links
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Media related to Ainderby Miers with Holtby at Wikimedia Commons- Ainderby [Mires] in the Domesday Book
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