Hornby
Hornby Location within North Yorkshire
Population	238 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	NZ362055
Civil parish	Hornby
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTHALLERTON
Postcode district	DL6
Dialling code	01609
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°26′37″N 1°26′32″W / 54.443680°N 1.442128°W / 54.443680; -1.442128

Hornby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.^[2] It lies on a minor road between Great Smeaton and Appleton Wiske.^[2]

It lies roughly 9 miles (14 km) from Northallerton, 9 miles (14 km) from Darlington, and 7 miles (11 km) from Yarm.^[2]

According to the 2001 census, Hornby had a population of 206,^[3] which increased in the 2011 census to 238.^[1] The village has very few amenities. There is a small church, a telephone box and a post box.

The village pub is called the "Grange Arms".

Etymology

The name of the village is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Horenbodebi and in 1088 in the Durham Liber Vitae as Hornbotebi. The final element comes from the Old Norse word bý ('settlement'). The origin of the first part of the name is less certain, but thought to come from a lost Old Norse personal name Hornbǫði. Thus the name once meant 'Hornbǫði's farm'. The modern form was perhaps influenced by the nearby Hornby, Richmondshire.^[4]