Fearby
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Fearby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the valley of the River Burn west of Masham. Nearby settlements include Healey, High Ellington and Swinton. The population of the parish was estimated at 130 in 2013.
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- Locality
- Swinton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Population
- 195
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- Dialing code
- 01765
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- postal code
- HG4
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Fearby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the valley of the River Burn west of Masham. Nearby settlements include Healey, High Ellington and Swinton. The population of the parish was estimated at 130 in 2013.
== History == The village is first mentioned, as Federbi, in the Domesday Book which records a population of eight villagers and one smallholder. The toponym is of uncertain derivation. The element -by is of Old Norse origin, meaning "village", and the name could mean either "four villages" or "feather village".
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