Hawnby

Also known as Hawnby, North Yorkshire

Hawnby is a small crossroads village and civil parish in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The village is about north-west of Helmsley.

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Locality: Hawnby
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Hawnby is a small crossroads village and civil parish in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The village is about north-west of Helmsley.

==History== The name Hawnby probably derives from the Old Norse Halmibȳ meaning 'Halmi's village'. The first element could perhaps be derived from the Old English halm meaning 'straw'.

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