Hawnby is a small crossroads village and

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Rye Dale Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...

in the

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, England. The village is about north-west of

Helmsley Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of Pi ...

History

The village is mentioned twice in the ''

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'' as ''Halmebi'' in the ''Allerton'' hundred. It was part of the Thornton-le-Moor manor and records local landowners to be '' Fredegaest'' and ''Ulf''. After the

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, the lands passed to the

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and were granted to Robert Malet.

Governance

The village is in the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is in the

Kirkbymoorside Kirkbymoorside () is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district in North Yorkshire, England. It is north of York, It is also midway between Pickering and Helmsley, on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. It had a populat ...

electoral division of

County Council and the Helmsley ward of

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...

District Council.

Geography

The village sits at the junction of several small roads at the head of two valleys, close to the B1257 road between

Oswaldkirk Oswaldkirk is a small village and civil parish south of Helmsley and north of York in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is named after the village church of St Oswald, King and Martyr, the Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbri ...

and

Stokesley Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, formerly a part of the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. It lies on the River Leven. An electoral ward, of the same name, stretches north to ...

. The nearest settlements are

Boltby Boltby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the edge of the North York Moors National Park at , and about north-east of Thirsk. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 143 ...

to the south-west;

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to the south and Fangdale Beck to the north. It lies between Ladwith Beck and the River Rye at an elevation of around above sea level. The 1851 UK Census recorded the population as 326, which had decreased to 231 at the time of the 1881 UK Census. The 2001 UK Census records the population as 223, of which all of the 127 aged over sixteen years were in employment. There were 94 dwellings, of which 65 were detached. The 2011 Census showed a reduced population of 217.

Religion

There is an

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church dedicated to ''All Saints'' in the village, built in the 12th century and a Grade II listed Building. It stands on the banks of the River Rye. There is also a Weslyan Chapel founded in 1770, following a visit from

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and rebuilt in 1814. It too is a Grade II Listed Building.

Notable buildings

Arden Hall just to the west of the village is a Grade II Listed Building and is the seat of the

Earls of Mexborough Earl of Mexborough, of Lifford in the County Donegal, County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 February 1766 for John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough, John Savile, 1st Baron Pollington, Member of Parliament f ...

. Previously it had been the seat of the Tancred family for at least 300 years.

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...

stayed here briefly en route to her execution. In addition to Arden Hall and the two churches, there are 33 other Listed Buildings in and around the area, including Church Bridge and Laskill Bridge. File:Hawnby Inn.JPG, The Inn at Hawnby File:Upper Village, Hawnby.JPG, Cottages in the upper part of the village in Hawnby File:Hawnby, Ryedale.jpg, The lower part of Hawnby village in May 2003 File:All Saints Church, Hawnby, Yorks..JPG, All Saints Church, Hawnby, Yorks. File:Stained Glass, All Saints Church, Hawnby, Yorks..jpg, Stained Glass in All Saints Church, Hawnby File:Arden Hall, Near Hawnby, North York Moors - geograph.org.uk - 1133140.jpg, Arden Hall, Near Hawnby

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