Whenby

Whenby lies between Sheriff Hutton and Brandsby, on Main Street, and a little to the east of the Howardian Hills.{{sfn|Page|1968|p=211}} According to the 2011 census, it has an area of {{convert|1,966|ha|order=flip}}, and is situated approximately {{convert|12|mi|km}} north of York and {{convert|8|mi|km}} east of Easingwold.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Whenby, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Whenby |website=genuki.org.uk |access-date=30 June 2023}} Although Whenby was recorded in the Domesday Book, no particular details are shown about the settlement.{{cite web |title=Whenby {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6369/whenby/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=30 June 2023}} The first art of the name derives from Old Norse Kona (a woman) and the suffix by, which is Old English for steadings or farm, so literally Woman's Farm.{{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=31}}{{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 |isbn=0-19-869103-3 |pages= 79, 512|edition=4}}

The area was in the possession of the de Nevil family in the 13th century, and passed through several noble families (Moryn, Barton, Thomas etc) until it passed through marriage to the Radclyffe family of Derwentwater. However, the lands around Whenby were forfeited to the crown in 1715 after James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater was found guilty of treason. Radclyffe took part in the Jacobite Uprising, was tried, found guilty, attainted and executed.{{sfn|Page|1968|pp=212–213}}

Whenby has approximately 20 houses, most of these are old cottages, and all but three are on the north and east side of Main Street.{{cite web |title=Whenby |url=https://colinday.co.uk/maps/HambletonEastMaps/Whenby.pdf |website=colinday.co.uk |access-date=30 June 2023}} All surrounding land is farmland, and strict planning permissions prevent any development. The surface is undulating, and the soil generally a rich clay loam, and the parish is an average of {{convert|200|ft}} above sea level.{{sfn|Page|1968|p=211}}{{cite web |title=Whenby, Hambleton |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/whenby-hambleton |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=30 June 2023}} Whilst parts of the parish are within the Howardian Hills AONB, the village itself is just outside it to the south.{{cite map|title =Howardian Hills & Malton |map =300 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-24552-1 }}

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St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church, which still has its stained glass windows and fittings. It was built around 1400, although a church has existed on the site since 1250.{{cite web |title=Parish records of Whenby - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/pr-when |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |access-date=30 June 2023}} St Martins has a chancel, north aisle, porch, nave, mortuary chapel, and a tower, containing three bells. It was restored, at a cost of £700, in 1871, when a north aisle of stone was added. The principal entrance is by the north porch, though Pevesner described the south porch as its best feature.{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |title=Yorkshire North Riding |date=2002 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=London |isbn=0300096658 |page=387}} There is a doorway of ancient date, which is generally supposed to have been used for public access to the church, or in connection with the priest's house. It is a grade II* listed building.{{NHLE|num=1191384|desc=Church of St Martin|access-date=30 June 2023}} Although declared redundant in October 1983, it still forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Dalby with Whenby,{{cite web |title=St Peter |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19046/more-information/ |website=achurchnearyou.com |access-date=30 June 2023}} and is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust.{{cite web |title=St Martin's Church, Whenby, North Yorkshire |url=https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-martin-whenby.html |website=visitchurches.org.uk |access-date=30 June 2023}}

In the Domesday Book, the settlement was recorded as being the Hundred of Bulford. This ceased to exist, and it was later recorded as part of the wapentake of Bulmer.{{cite web |title=Hundred of Bulford {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/hundred/bulford/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=30 June 2023}} It was recorded as a parish within the Easingwold district of the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when it was moved into North Yorkshire.{{cite web |title=Whenby North Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14457 |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=30 June 2023}}{{cite book |title=GUIDE NO. 6 NORTH YORKSHIRE GAZETTEER OF TOWNSHIPS AND PARISHES |date=1986 |publisher=North Yorkshire County Council |location=Northallerton |isbn=0-906035-29-5 |page=33}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The area is represented in the United Kingdom Parliament as part of the Thirsk and Malton constituency.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=462859&y=469754&z=6&bnd1=CPC&bnd2=WMC&labels=on |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=30 June 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.}}

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