Normanby, Ryedale

Normanby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Pickering. It lies on the main road between Malton and Kirkbymoorside.

Normanby
Normanby Location within North Yorkshire
Population	156 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE734818
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO62
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale)

In the old days Normanby had 14 alehouses and was a major stopping point due to its location halfway between Teesside and Humberside. These days Normanby has only one pub and a church. All the houses in Normanby are built along the busy main road. The bridge to the south of the village was built in the mid 18th century[2] and is narrow, so in recent years it has been the scene of many accidents. The bridge takes traffic over the River Seven which runs to the east of the village on its way from Rosedale to the River Rye further south.

St Andrew's Church, Normanby

History

The manor of Normanby is mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086. It was granted by the Crown to St. Mary's Abbey, York. At the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII granted the manor to William Romesden of Longley and Richard Vavasour of Ripon. It was later passed to the Meynell family of Hawnby until the estate was split up in the 1680s. [3]

St Andrew's Church is a Grade II* listed building; it dates back to the 12th century, with medieval pillars and nave arches surviving. The church was partly rebuilt and restored in the 1890s by Temple Moore. [4] The church bells are 18th and 19th century, one cast by Thomas Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1795, the smaller bell by Warner & Sons in 1895. [3]

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Normanby Parish (E04007610)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
2. Historic England. "NORMANBY BRIDGE OVER RIVER SEVEN (1315698)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
3. Page, William. "Parishes: Normanby Pages 542-544 A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1914". British History Online. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Church of St Andrew A Grade II* Listed Building in Normanby, York, North Yorkshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

External links

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