Fawdington

Hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Fawdington

Fawdington

Location within North Yorkshire

Population| 10 (NYCC 2015)[1]
OS grid reference| SE437727
Civil parish|

* Fawdington

Unitary authority|

* North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county|

* North Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| YORK
Postcode district| YO61
Police| North Yorkshire
Fire| North Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire

List of places

England
Yorkshire

54°08′57″N 1°19′52″W﻿ / ﻿54.14907°N 1.33099°W﻿ / 54.14907; -1.33099

Fawdington is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the River Swale and near the A1(M) motorway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Thirsk, and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Boroughbridge.[2] The population of the parish was estimated at 10 in 2015.[1] The population remained at less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details were included in the old civil parish of Brafferton, North Yorkshire.[3]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The name of the hamlet is generally agreed to derive from a mixture of Old English and Old Norse, with the suffix tūn meaning town. However the first part is in dispute; Ekwall states that it derives from the Old English Falding, meaning the place where animals were folded (brought into a fold), whereas the English Place-Name Society states that it is from Falda, a personal name.[4][5]

The River Swale at Fawdington

## References

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1. ^ a b "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 11\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ "Genuki: Cundall, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
3. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Brafferton Parish (E04007144)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 175\. OCLC 1228215388.
5. ^ "Fawdington :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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