Aislaby, Scarborough
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| Aislaby shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 243 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | NZ857086 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WHITBY |
| Postcode district | YO21 |
| Dialling code | 01947 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Aislaby (/ˈeɪzəlbi/ AYZ-əl-bi) is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the town of Whitby on the northern slopes of Eskdale just off the A171.
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Asuluesbi in the Hundred of Langbaurgh. It was listed as having 2 ploughlands with 6 acres of meadow and woodland. The Lord in 1066 was named as Uhtred, but had changed to Richard of Sourdeval under the tenancy of Count Robert of Mortain. Lordship descended to the Brus family by the reign of Henry I and then Lucy de Thweng via the Rosels family and Nicholas de Meynell. By the early fourteenth century it had passed as a mense lordship to Arnald de Percy. From then on it was held by the Darcy family and the Strangways until 1541 when it became part of the holdings of Lord Dacre until 1685. Like its namesakes near Pickering and the other to the west of the place-name is derived from Viking Old Norse meaning "Aslakr's or Asulf's farm".
The area around the village was noted for its quarries and the stone that was used in many local buildings.
The village lies within the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary constituency; the Mulgrave War of Scarborough Borough District; and of the Whitby/Maythorpe cum Mulgrave Electoral Division of North Yorkshire County Council.
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