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Swainby with Allerthorpe

Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Swainby with Allerthorpe
type	Civil parish
static_image_name	Swainby with Allerthorpe UK parish locator map.svg
map_type	nomap
population	20
civil_parish	Swainby with Allerthorpe
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
post_town	BEDALE
postcode_district	DL8
postcode_area	DL
os_grid_reference	SE335858

Swainby with Allerthorpe is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, 5 mi south-west of Northallerton. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2015. There is no modern village in the parish. The parish contains the remains of the deserted medieval village of Swainby.

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.

History

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. At the time of the Domesday Survey the manor was held by Count Alan of Brittany and the tenant was Ribald, Lord of Middleham.

Allerthorpe

Main article: Listed buildings in Swainby with Allerthorpe

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. 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".

Governance

The parish was historically a township in the parish of Pickhill in the wapentake of Hallikeld in the North Riding of Yorkshire. 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.

References

(2015). "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council.
(1914). "Parishes: Pickhill with Roxby". Institute of Historical Research.
(1928). "The place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire". Cambridge University Press.
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 Abbey
{{National Heritage List for England
"Burneston, Swainby with Allerthorpe & Theakston Parish Council".

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