Exelby

Exelby
Exelby
Exelby shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE294870
• London	205 mi (330 km) south
Civil parish	Exelby, Leeming and Newton
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BEDALE
Postcode district	DL8
Dialling code	01677

Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Richmond
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°16′42″N 1°32′55″W / 54.278229°N 1.548630°W / 54.278229; -1.548630Coordinates: 54°16′42″N 1°32′55″W / 54.278229°N 1.548630°W / 54.278229; -1.548630

Exelby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east from Bedale and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west from the A1 road, and is part of the civil parish of Exelby, Leeming and Newton.

In the 1086 Domesday Book Exelby is noted as "Aschilebi", with only 1 man, but 20 ploughlands, and in the North Riding's Land of Count Alan. In 1066 Merleswein the Sheriff was Lord of the Manor, which by 1086 had been transferred to Robert of Moutiers, with Count Alan of Brittany as Tenant-in-chief.