Fadmoor

Fadmoor is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] It is on the border of the North York Moors and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Kirkbymoorside.

Fadmoor
Fadmoor
Location within North Yorkshire
Population184 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSE676892
Civil parish
  • Fadmoor
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO62
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The name Fadmoor comes from Old English and means moor of a man called Fadda.[4]

Sheep sale at Fadmoor, autumn 2005

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 94 Whitby & Esk Dale (Robin Hood’s Bay) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319228999.
  3. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780199609086.

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