Exelby

Exelby
Exelby  Exelby shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE294870
– London	205 mi (330 km)  south
Civil parish	Exelby, Leeming and Newton
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BEDALE
Postcode district	DL8
Dialling code	01677
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Richmond
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°16′42″N 1°32′55″W / 54.278229°N 1.548630°W

Exelby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east from Bedale and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west from the A1 road, and is part of the civil parish of Exelby, Leeming and Newton.

Houses in Exelby

In the 1086 Domesday Book Exelby is noted as "Aschilebi", with only 1 man, but 20 ploughlands, and in the North Riding's Land of Count Alan. In 1066 Merleswein the Sheriff was Lord of the Manor, which by 1086 had been transferred to Robert of Moutiers, with Count Alan of Brittany as Tenant-in-chief.^[1][2]

References

1. "Exelby", Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2012
2. "Documents Online: Exelby, Yorkshire", Great Domesday Book, Folios: 381r, 313r; The National Archives. Retrieved 16 June 2012

Modern day Exelby is a village of about 70 houses, the majority of which are on the unnamed lane that runs off the road to Bedale. It is unusual for such a small village to have any commercial facility but Exelby is blessed with an attractive village pub, which is the centre of a vibrant community life. The village offers easy access to Bedale (2 miles) and Northallerton (9 miles) and its proximity to the A1(M) means that both Leeds and Newcastle are less than an hour away.

External links

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