Fawdington

Fawdington is a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the River Swale and near the A1(M) motorway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Thirsk, and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Boroughbridge.[2] The population of the parish was estimated at 10 in 2015.[1] The population remained at less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details were included in the old civil parish of Brafferton, North Yorkshire.[3]

Fawdington
Fawdington
Location within North Yorkshire
Population10 (NYCC 2015)[1]
OS grid referenceSE437727
Civil parish
  • Fawdington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO61
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

The name of the hamlet is generally agreed to derive from a mixture of Old English and Old Norse, with the suffix tūn meaning town. However the first part is in dispute; Ekwall states that it derives from the Old English Falding, meaning the place where animals were folded (brought into a fold), whereas the English Place-Name Society states that it is from Falda, a personal name.[4][5]

References
  1. "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Genuki: Cundall, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Brafferton Parish (E04007144)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. "Fawdington :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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