Fadmoor

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.29422|-0.96256|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Fadmoor | static_image = | static_image_caption = | population = 184 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007570|title=Fadmoor Parish|access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> | civil_parish = Fadmoor | unitary_england = [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]] | lieutenancy_england = [[North Yorkshire]] | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = [[Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]] | post_town = YORK | postcode_district = YO62 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE676892 }} '''Fadmoor''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[North Yorkshire]], England.<ref name=OS94>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 94 ''Whitby & Esk Dale (Robin Hood's Bay)''|isbn= 9780319228999 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date=1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225425/https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is on the border of the [[North York Moors]] and {{Convert|2|mi|km}} north of [[Kirkbymoorside]].

The name Fadmoor comes from [[Old English]] and means ''moor of a man called Fadda''.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A. D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|year=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=182}}</ref>

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of [[Ryedale]]. It is now administered by the unitary [[North Yorkshire Council]].

The 18th century village pub, The Plough, closed in 2011 and became a [[Community asset transfer|community asset]] in 2013. The work to re-open the pub was the subject of a [[Channel 4]] documentary.<ref>{{cite news |title=Comedian Jon Richardson joins Fadmoor village in restoring pub |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5envn22m2o |access-date=14 October 2025 |work=BBC News |date=14 October 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Sheep sale at Fadmoor.jpg|thumb|left|Sheep sale at Fadmoor, autumn 2005]] {{clear left}}

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Fadmoor}}

[[Category:Villages in North Yorkshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire]]