Asenby

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Estanebi in the Yarlestre hundred. It was part of the manor of Topcliffe at the time of the Norman Conquest, and followed the descent of that manor thereafter.{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE3975|name=asenby|display=Asenby|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64613|title=History|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |pages=839|date=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}

The toponymy of the village name is the combination of the Norse personal name of Eystein and bi giving the meaning of Eystein's farm.{{cite book|author=Watts|title= Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names|page= 19|publisher= Cambridge University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0521168557}}{{cite book|author=A.D. Mills|title=Dictionary of English Place-Names|page=19|publisher=Oxford Paperbacks|year=1998|isbn=978-0192800749}}

The village lies within the Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. The local Parish Council has five members.{{cite web|url=http://www1.harrogate.gov.uk/localdemocracy/ParishCouncilMembership.asp?sort=1&id=234&bodytitle=Asenby|title=Parish Council|publisher= Harrogate Borough Council|year=2013|accessdate=8 March 2013}}

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

The village lies on the south bank of the River Swale and wedged in between the A168 and A167 roads. The majority of the surrounding land in the parish is given to farming.{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}

The village is mostly housing with one public house on the outskirts. There is no church in the parish.{{cite web|url=http://www.asenby.net/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429191803/http://www.asenby.net/index.html |url-status = dead|archive-date=29 April 2006 |title=Local info |publisher=Asenby Net |year=2013 |accessdate=8 March 2013 }}

{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10389665&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Population at Cenuses|publisher=Vision of Britain|year=2009|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11120092&c=asenby&d=16&e=16&g=6454761&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1362752074046&enc=1&dsFamilyId=75|title=2001 UK Census|publisher=Office for National Statistics|year= 2002|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216971|title=Asenby Parish|accessdate=4 March 2018}}

Of the total population, 97.5% declared themselves as White/British with the rest being White/Other. The gender split was 50.8% male to 49.2% female. The declaration of religious belief was 77.9% Christian, 20.7% No religion/Not stated and 1% Jewish and 1% Other. There were 128 dwellings.

Of the total population, 97.1% declared themselves as White/British with 1.6% being White/Other. The rest were made of 0.6% mixed White/Asian, 0.3% White/Irish and 0.1% British Asian. The gender split was 51.4% male to 48.6% female. The declaration of religious belief was 72.7% Christian, 25.7% No religion/Not stated and 1.6% Buddhist. There were 130 dwellings.

• Mary Bateman (also known as the Yorkshire Witch) was born in the village.{{cite ODNB | last = Davies | first = Owen | title = Bateman , Mary (1768–1809) | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/56653 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/56653 | accessdate =9 May 2010}}

• Listed buildings in Asenby

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire