Faceby is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is at the north-west corner of the

North York Moors The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of Calluna, heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a national parks of England and Wales, National P ...

and near Stokesley.

Overview

The village is located on the north-western edge of the North York Moors National Park and is south of the A172 road, and is from the A19 to the west and from Stokesley to the north-east. The name of the village derives from the Old Norse meaning "Feit's Settlement", with Feit being a personal name. It has one pub (The Sutton Arms), a village hall, and a 12th-century church, St Mary Magdalene. Buses run to Northallerton and Stokesley three or four times a day.

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{{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire