Exelby

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

{{about|the village in North Yorkshire|the surname|Exelby (surname)}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Exelby

| coordinates = {{coord|54.278229|-1.548630|display=inline,title}}

| population =

| civil_parish = Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = BEDALE

| postcode_district = DL8

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code = 01677

| os_grid_reference = SE294870

| static_image =

| static_image_caption =

| london_distance_mi = 205

| london_direction = south

}}

Exelby is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} south-east of Bedale and {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} west of the A1(M) motorway and is part of the civil parish of Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry. The civil parish had a total of 2,788 residents at the time of the 2011 census,{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216837|title=Exelby, Leeming and Newton Parish|accessdate=11 January 2019}} though Exelby had only 80 homes.{{cite news |last1=Barnett |first1=Ben |title=Exelby village has bid accepted for Green Dragon pub |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/exelby-village-has-bid-accepted-for-green-dragon-pub-1-9190167 |accessdate=11 January 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=2 June 2018}} The name of the village derives from Old Danish or Old Norse and means Eskil's farm or Eskil's settlement.{{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=171 |edition=4}}

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In the 1086 Domesday Book Exelby is noted as Aschilebi, with only one man but 20 ploughlands, and in the North Riding's Land of Count Alan. In 1066 Merleswein the Sheriff was Lord of the Manor, which by 1086 had been transferred to Robert of Moutiers, with Count Alan of Brittany as Tenant-in-chief.[http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE2987/exelby/ "Exelby"], Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2012[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=quicksearch&query=exelby&catid=24&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray=* "Documents Online: Exelby, Yorkshire"], Great Domesday Book, Folios: 381r, 313r; The National Archives. Retrieved 16 June 2012

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

The village lies on the B6285, which connects Bedale with Exelby, Theakston, Burneston and the A6055 road just east of Burneston.{{cite map|title =Northallerton & Thirsk |map =302 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn = 9780319245545 }}

In October 2018 the residents of the village, along with other community investors, bought the closed village pub, The Green Dragon. It was revamped and renamed Exelby Green Dragon (EGD), reopening in December 2018. Since then a deli-cafe, high quality letting rooms and a lottery funded community garden (incorporating the pub garden) have been added. The pub also acts as a community hub, accommodating local groups and serving as a base for a folk club.{{cite news |last1=Barnard |first1=Ashley |title=Village pub is saved by residents |work=The Northern Echo |date=5 October 2018 |page=6|issn=2043-0442}}