Fadmoor
Fadmoor is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] It is on the border of the North York Moors and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Kirkbymoorside.
| Fadmoor | |
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  Fadmoor Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 184 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE676892 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO62 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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The name Fadmoor comes from Old English and means moor of a man called Fadda.[4]
Sheep sale at Fadmoor, autumn 2005
References
- "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 94 Whitby & Esk Dale (Robin Hood’s Bay) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319228999.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780199609086.
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