Fadmoor

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.29422|-0.96256|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Fadmoor

| static_image =

| static_image_caption =

| population = 184

| population_ref = (2011){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007570|title=Fadmoor Parish|access-date=30 April 2024}}

| civil_parish = Fadmoor

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = YORK

| postcode_district = YO62

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE676892

}}

Fadmoor is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 94 Whitby & Esk Dale (Robin Hood's Bay)|isbn= 9780319228999 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date=1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225425/https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |url-status=live }} It is on the border of the North York Moors and {{Convert|2|mi|km}} north of Kirkbymoorside.

The name Fadmoor comes from Old English and means moor of a man called Fadda.{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A.D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=182}}

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

File:Sheep sale at Fadmoor.jpg

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