Battersby

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{For|people with the surname Battersby|Battersby (surname)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = Battersby.jpg

| static_image_caption = Approaching Battersby in winter

| coordinates = {{coord|54.45|-01.09|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Battersby

| population =

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton

| post_town = MIDDLESBROUGH

| postcode_district = TS9

| postcode_area = TS

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ5907

}}

Battersby is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the edge of the North York Moors National Park and within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of Stokesley, and {{convert|1.5|mi}} south-west of Kildale.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/InglebyGreenhow |website=genuki.org.uk |access-date=27 November 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |title=Yorkshire, the North Riding |date=2002 |orig-date=1966|publisher=Yale University Press |location=London |isbn=0-300-09665-8 |page=74}} The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being part of the hundred of Langbaurgh, and having one ploughland.{{cite web |title=Battersby {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ5907/battersby/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=27 November 2023}} The name is recorded in 1086 as Badresbi, and in the 14th century as Batheresby. The first part is an Old Norse name (Bothvar or Boðvarr), and the by means farmstead.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=31 |edition=4}}{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=A. H. |title=The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire |date=1979|orig-date=1928|oclc= 19714705|publisher=English Place Name Society|page=167}} In the Late Middle Ages a watermill was employed on the local beck (Otter Hills Beck, and affluent of the River Leven) to grind corn.{{cite book |last1=Page |first1=William |title=The Victoria history of the county of York, North Riding |date=1968 |publisher=Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research |location=London |isbn=0712903100|page=245}}

Until 1974, the hamlet was in the North Riding of Yorkshire, part of the Stokesley Rural District, being transferred to the Hambleton District of the newer county of North Yorkshire.{{cite book |title=GUIDE NO. 6 NORTH YORKSHIRE GAZETTEER OF TOWNSHIPS AND PARISHES |date=2021 |publisher=North Yorkshire County Council |location=Northallerton |isbn=0 906035 29 5 |pages=3, 5, 18}} In 2023 the districts were abolished to be replaced by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. It is now part of the civil parish of Ingleby Greenhow, and is represented at the Houses of Parliament as part of the Richmond and Northallerton constituency.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=456831&y=505421&z=6&bnd1=CPC&bnd2=WMC&labels=off |website=ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=27 November 2023 |quote=On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time.}}