Slingsby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) west of Malton on the B1257 road.

It was part of the Hovingham manor, but some land was owned by Orm, son of Gamul at the time of the Norman invasion.

Afterwards land around the manor were split between Hugh, son of Baldric and Count Robert of Mortain.

[3] The Cavendish family held Slingsby for the next hundred years until they sold up to the Duke of Buckingham.

In 1751 the manor was sold to the fourth Earl of Carlisle, whose family hold the title to this day.

[10] The village lies west of Malton on the B1257 road to Hovingham, Helmsley and the North York Moors.

Wath Beck runs north east around the edge of the village on its way to join the nearby River Rye.

[12] Slingsby lies at the foot of the gently sloping land which forms the northern edge of the Howardian Hills (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), with the Vale of Pickering spreading out to its north and east.

[11] The Methodist Chapel was built in 1837, John Wesley having preached in Slingsby in 1757,[4][5] on a site adjacent to the village green and is a Grade II listed building.