Firby is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1-mile (1.5 km) south of Bedale.[1] The population of the parish was estimated at 30 in 2015.[2] At the 2011 Census the population was included with the civil parish of Bedale, and not counted separately.
| Firby | |
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.jpg) Road into Firby | |
.svg)  Firby Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 30 |
| OS grid reference | SE268865 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bedale |
| Postcode district | DL8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
The manor was owned by Auduid before the Norman Conquest. By 1086, it was held by Count Alan who had many lands in the area and owned the manor of Bedale. Count Alan and his family owned the parish for over two centuries and by the late 14th century, it was in a different family name.[3]
Firby was a liberty of Richmondshire, and within the bounds of East Hang wapentake in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is now within Crakehall ward of Hambleton district. The gardens at Thorp Perrow lie just to the south of the village and are in the parish of Firby.[4] Some names of places within Firby include: Firby Hall, Firby (Christ's) Hospital, John Clapham House, Firby Grange (a former subdivision of Jervaulx Abbey), Low Ash Bank and High Ash Bank, Mile House Farm and Manley Farm. Christ's Hospital was founded in 1608 and was originally four almshouses. The building is now Grade II listed.[5]
Firby Hall, also Grade II listed,[6] was built in 1788 by Colonel Thomas Coores who fought in the American War of Independence. He demolished much of the village to build the house and the 57-acre (23 ha) estate.[7]
Firby was the origin of the surname Firby. The name of the village derives from a personal name (Frithi) and the suffix by, meaning village or farmstead.[8]
See also
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edit- ^ "302" (Map). Northallerton & Thirsk. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245545.
- ^ "2015 Population Estimates" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Parishes: Bedale | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Thorp Perrow (Grade II) (1001075)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Christ's Hospital Almshouses (Grade II) (1314988)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Firby Hall (Grade II) (1190126)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Estate agents use unmanned aircraft to market historic property". Darlington and Stockton Times. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
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