It lies on the edge of the North York Moors National Park and within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, 5 miles (8 km) east of Stokesley, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of Kildale.

[1][2] The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being part of the hundred of Langbaurgh, and having one ploughland.

[6] Until 1974, the hamlet was in the North Riding of Yorkshire, part of the Stokesley Rural District, being transferred to the Hambleton District of the newer county of North Yorkshire.

[7] In 2023 the districts were abolished to be replaced by the North Yorkshire Unitary authority.

[8] Media related to Battersby at Wikimedia Commons This Hambleton, North Yorkshire location article is a stub.