{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Main Street, Asenby - geograph.org.uk - 1653058.jpg | static_image_caption = Main Street, Asenby | coordinates = {{coord|54.171959|-1.393630|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Asenby | population = 311 | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | metropolitan_borough = | metropolitan_county = | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency) | post_town = THIRSK | postcode_district = YO7 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE396752 }} '''Asenby''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 285 (2001 census), increasing to 311 at the 2011 census. The village is about {{convert|5|mi|0}} south-west of Thirsk and {{convert|7|mi}} east of Ripon. It is {{convert|12|mi}} south of the County Town of Northallerton on the south bank of the River Swale.
==History== The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Estanebi'' in the ''Yarlestre hundred''. It was part of the manor of Topcliffe at the time of the Norman Conquest, and followed the descent of that manor thereafter.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE3975|name=asenby|display=Asenby|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64613|title=History|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bulmers">{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |pages=839|date=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}</ref>
The toponymy of the village name is the combination of the Norse personal name of ''Eystein'' and ''bi'' giving the meaning of ''Eystein's farm''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Watts|title= Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names|page= 19|publisher= Cambridge University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0521168557}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=A.D. Mills|title=Dictionary of English Place-Names|page=19|publisher=Oxford Paperbacks|year=1998|isbn=978-0192800749}}</ref>
==Governance== The village lies within the Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. The local Parish Council has five members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.harrogate.gov.uk/localdemocracy/ParishCouncilMembership.asp?sort=1&id=234&bodytitle=Asenby|title=Parish Council|publisher= Harrogate Borough Council|year=2013|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref>
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
==Geography== The village lies on the south bank of the River Swale and wedged in between the A168 and A167 roads. The majority of the surrounding land in the parish is given to farming.<ref name="Survey">{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}</ref>
==Culture and community== The village is mostly housing with one public house on the outskirts. There is no church in the parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asenby.net/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429191803/http://www.asenby.net/index.html |url-status = dead|archive-date=29 April 2006 |title=Local info |publisher=Asenby Net |year=2013 |accessdate=8 March 2013 }}</ref>
==Demography== ===Population=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! 1881 !! 1891 !! 1901 !! 1911 !! 1921 !! 1931 !! 1951 !! 1961 !! 2001 !! 2011 |- | Total || 171 || 177 || 173 || 168 || 161 || 179 || 151 || 161 || 285 || 311 |- |} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10389665&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Population at Cenuses|publisher=Vision of Britain|year=2009|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="2001 Census">{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11120092&c=asenby&d=16&e=16&g=6454761&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1362752074046&enc=1&dsFamilyId=75|title=2001 UK Census|publisher=Office for National Statistics|year= 2002|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="2011 Census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216971|title=Asenby Parish|accessdate=4 March 2018}}</ref>
===2001 Census=== Of the total population, 97.5% declared themselves as White/British with the rest being White/Other. The gender split was 50.8% male to 49.2% female. The declaration of religious belief was 77.9% Christian, 20.7% No religion/Not stated and 1% Jewish and 1% Other. There were 128 dwellings.<ref name="2001 Census"/>
===2011 Census=== Of the total population, 97.1% declared themselves as White/British with 1.6% being White/Other. The rest were made of 0.6% mixed White/Asian, 0.3% White/Irish and 0.1% British Asian. The gender split was 51.4% male to 48.6% female. The declaration of religious belief was 72.7% Christian, 25.7% No religion/Not stated and 1.6% Buddhist. There were 130 dwellings.<ref name="2011 Census"/>
==Notable people== * Mary Bateman (also known as the Yorkshire Witch) was born in the village.<ref>{{cite ODNB | last = Davies | first = Owen | title = Bateman, Mary (1768–1809) | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/56653 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/56653 | accessdate =9 May 2010}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Asenby
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Asenby}}
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire