Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hornby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Hornby, par. and township, North-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles NE. of Newton-le-Willows - par., 6463 ac. (including part of Patrick Brompton par.), pop. 451; township, 1591 ac., pop. 90; contains Hornby Castle, seat of the Duke of Leeds.
A village in Land of Count Alan hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.