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Fearby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located south-west of Bedale and west of Masham. Nearby settlements include Healey, High Ellington and Swinton. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 195.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 The village is first mentioned, as ''Federbi'', in the Domesday Book which records a population of eight villagers and one smallholder.〔(Open Domesday website )〕 The toponym is of uncertain derivation. The element ''-by'' is of Old Norse origin, meaning "village", and the name could mean either "four villages" or "feather village". Fearby was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became part of the new ecclesiastical parish of Healey in 1849. The civil parish of Fearby was formed in 1866.〔(Vision of Britain: Fearby: Relationships/unit history )〕 Fearby is also an English surname with origins in York. Famous Fearbys include Richard Lambert Fearby. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fearby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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