Danby, North Yorkshire

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Danby is a village in North Yorkshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Danby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Danby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Danby.-- par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, 7½ m. NW. of Egton -- par., 11,256 ac., pop. 2407; township, 6289 ac., pop. 1304; P.O. Danby Beacon (966 ft.) is 3½ miles NE. of vil., and the ruins of Danby Castle (llth century) stand on an eminence to the S. In vicinity of sta. is the seat of Danby Lodge.

Danby in the Domesday Book

A village in Langbaurgh hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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