Sawley is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

[3] Sawley dates back to the Saxon era[4] where it gained its name from Old English and the Anglian dialect.

[5] The village is thought to have been the main source of stone for the construction of Fountains Abbey in the 10th century.

The World Heritage Site which is now maintained by the National Trust is approximately two miles away from the village.

[6] Sawley is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Sallai” or “Sallaia", in the Burgshire Hundred of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

It comprised 18 villagers, 21 smallholders, 1 freeman, and 1 thane, with 40 ploughlands, a meadow of 85 acres (0.34 km2), woodland of 1 league, a mill and a fishery.

After 1086 the created Lord of the Manor title was given to the new Archbishop of York, Thomas of Bayeux, who also became Tenant-in-chief.

[9] Census data of Sawley dates back to 1871, with the earliest total population figure being 341.

[12] This has dropped in the following years with agriculture now only accounting for 12% of Sawley's economy, based on 2011 census figures.

[15] Sawley is currently described as a "hamlet or isolated settlement in inhabited countryside" by the Office for National Statistics.

[23] It is thought that this structure dates back to the Medieval period when it was used as a route marker by the monks from Fountains Abbey as well as travellers going through the area.

After male parishioners refused an offer of a piped water supply in 1905, the parish council gave permission for this hand pump to be installed in 1909.

This would be the last place the four Yorkshire men met together due to Trueman's passing a year later.