Amotherby | |
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Amotherby shown within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 399 |
OS grid reference | SE750735 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MALTON |
Postcode district | YO17 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament |
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Amotherby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles west of Malton.
The village appears in the Domesday Book as 'Aimundrebi' which is derived from 'Eymund's farm'.
The 2001 census recorded a population of 357 for the parish, increasing to 399 at the 2011 Census. There is a Grade II listed church dedicated to St Helen.
Amotherby sits on two main roads, the B1257 between Helmsley and Malton and the Kirkbymoorside to Malton road. Both roads meet at a busy junction in the village, with traffic from Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside meeting towards Malton.
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Kirby Misperton with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,032.