Seamer, Hambleton

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

{{Distinguish|Seamer, Scarborough}}

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.485150|-1.231520|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Seamer

| static_image = Village Pond, Seamer.jpg

| static_image_caption = The village pond in Seamer

| population = 566

| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=1170216916|title=Seamer Parish |accessdate=22 May 2018}}

| civil_parish = Seamer

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = MIDDLESBROUGH

| postcode_district = TS9

| postcode_area = TS

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ498102

}}

Seamer is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, near the border with the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees and {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} northwest of Stokesley.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Seamer In Cleveland, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/SeamerInCleveland |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=1 July 2019}} According to the 2011 census, the population of the village was 566, which North Yorkshire County Council estimated had dropped to 560 by 2015.{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=1 July 2019 |page=11 |date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}

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

Its name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Semer(s),{{cite web |title=Seamer {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ4910/seamer/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=4 May 2019}} with later medieval attestations including Samara.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-869103-3 |page=410 |edition=4}} The first element is Old English sǣ 'lake'; the spelling of the second element suggests variation between Old English mere 'sea', Old English mersc 'marsh', and Old Norse marr 'lake, sea, pool'. The dominant meaning of the name therefore seems to have been 'lake by the sea'.Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. SEAMER.

This rural village supports a small farming community. There are two churches in the village, a Methodist chapel{{cite web |title=Genuki: The Methodist Church, Seamer in Cleveland, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/SeamerInCleveland/PhotoFrames/SeamerInClevelandMethodist |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=1 July 2019}} and St Martin's Church of England.{{cite web |title=St Martin - A Church Near You |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19352/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=1 July 2019}} St Martin's is an 1822 rebuild of a medieval church, which was located in the same place. It still retains some 14th-century stained glass and is now grade II listed.{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Martin|num=1150241|grade=II|accessdate=1 July 2019}} The village also has the King's Head pub,{{cite news |last1=Love |first1=Laura |title=Holiday park in Seamer village to go ahead |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/holiday-park-seamer-village-go-3813805 |accessdate=1 July 2019 |work=Gazette Live |date=29 October 2011}} and a duck pond on the village green.{{cite news |title=Cash boost for village pond feature |editor-last=Chapman|editor-first=Hannah |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=35–2019 |date=30 August 2019 |page=5|issn=2516-5348}}