Hornby is a small village and civil parish located about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Bedale.

It is part of the non-metropolitan district of Richmondshire in the shire county of North Yorkshire, England.

It derives from the Old Norse personal name Horni and the word bý ('farm').

[3] This ward stretches north to Brough with St. Giles, with a total population of 1,766.

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