Swainby with Allerthorpe
| Swainby with Allerthorpe | |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | |
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| Population | 20 |
| OS grid reference | SE335858 |
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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 |
Swainby with Allerthorpe is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Northallerton. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2015.[1] There is no modern village in the parish. The parish contains the remains of the deserted medieval village of Swainby.[2]
The parish is on the west bank of the River Swale. In the early 20th century the parish was connected by a ferry with the village of Maunby on the east bank.[3]
History
[edit]Swainby was first recorded in Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Suanebi. The name means 'farm of the young men,' from the Old Norse sveinn.[4] At the time of the Domesday Survey the manor was held by Count Alan of Brittany and the tenant was Ribald, Lord of Middleham.[3] In about 1188 Ribald's descendant Helewise granted land at Swainby for a new monastery, but in 1214-16 Helewise's son moved the monks to refound the abbey at Coverham. Both the remaining traces of Swainby Abbey and the remains of the deserted village are now listed as a scheduled monument.[2]
Allerthorpe
[edit]Allerthorpe is located in the north of the civil parish. It now comprises only the manor house, Allerthorpe Hall, built in 1608 and now a Grade I listed building.[5] Allerthorpe was also first recorded in Domesday Book, in the form (H)erleuestorp. The name is Old Norse and means "village of a man named Herlef".[4]
Governance
[edit]The parish was historically a township in the parish of Pickhill in the wapentake of Hallikeld in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[6] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. From 1974 to 2023 the parish was part of the district of Hambleton. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. It shares a grouped parish council with the civil parishes of Burneston and Theakston.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population Estimates" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2018. In the 2011 census the population was included with the parish of Carthorpe and not stated separately.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Swainby medieval settlement, Premonstratensian abbey, grange and field system, immediately east of Swainby Grove (1021137)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ a b c Page, William, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Pickhill with Roxby". Victoria County History: A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ a b Smith, A. H. (1928). The place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 225. OCLC 3818214.
- ^ Historic England. "Allerthorpe Hall (1150769)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Swainby with Allerthorp Tn/CP. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Burneston, Swainby with Allerthorpe & Theakston Parish Council". Retrieved 7 August 2025.
