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 Hambleton district 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]

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[edit]

1. ^ a b "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 11. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ "Genuki: Cundall, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. 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\. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
5. ^ "Fawdington :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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