# Asenby > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Asenby > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Asenby.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asenby > Source revision: 1293865212 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/North_Yorkshire_(district)) | lieutenancy_england = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire) | metropolitan_borough = | metropolitan_county = | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = [Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)](/source/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](/source/civil_parish) in the county of [North Yorkshire](/source/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](/source/Thirsk) and {{convert|7|mi}} east of [Ripon](/source/Ripon). It is {{convert|12|mi}} south of the County Town of [Northallerton](/source/Northallerton) on the south bank of the [River Swale](/source/River_Swale). ==History== The village is mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 as ''Estanebi'' in the ''Yarlestre hundred''. It was part of the manor of [Topcliffe](/source/Topcliffe%2C_North_Yorkshire) at the time of the [Norman Conquest](/source/Norman_Conquest), and followed the descent of that manor thereafter.{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE3975|name=asenby|display=Asenby|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64613|title=History|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{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}} 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''.{{cite book|author=Watts|title= Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names|page= 19|publisher= Cambridge University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0521168557}}{{cite book|author=A.D. Mills|title=Dictionary of English Place-Names|page=19|publisher=Oxford Paperbacks|year=1998|isbn=978-0192800749}} ==Governance== The village lies within the Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. The local Parish Council has five members.{{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}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the [Borough of Harrogate](/source/Borough_of_Harrogate), it is now administered by the unitary [North Yorkshire Council](/source/North_Yorkshire_Council). ==Geography== The village lies on the south bank of the River Swale and wedged in between the [A168](/source/A168_road) and [A167](/source/A167_road) roads. The majority of the surrounding land in the parish is given to farming.{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }} ==Culture and community== The village is mostly housing with one public house on the outskirts. There is no church in the parish.{{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 }} ==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 |- |} {{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}}{{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}}{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216971|title=Asenby Parish|accessdate=4 March 2018}} ===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. ===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. ==Notable people== * [Mary Bateman](/source/Mary_Bateman) (also known as the Yorkshire Witch) was born in the village.{{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}} ==See also== *[Listed buildings in Asenby](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Asenby) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Asenby}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Asenby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asenby) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asenby?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.