Firby
Firby is a village in the civil parish of Westow, in North Yorkshire, England, 4 miles south west of Malton. Firby was historically a township in the parish of Westow in the East Riding of Yorkshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet and former civil parish in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Firby, North Yorkshire”, “Firby, Ryedale”, and “Firby, Westow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkham Priory and Church of St Mary, Westow.
Kirkham Priory
Monastery
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The ruins of Kirkham Priory are situated on the banks of the River Derwent, at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England. The Augustinian priory was founded in the 1120s by Walter l'Espec, lord of nearby Helmsley, who also built Rievaulx Abbey.
Church of St Mary, Westow
Church
Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, also known as Church of St Mary of the Moor or St Mary ad mora is a church located in the village of Westow, North Yorkshire. The church dates back to Norman times but was almost entirely rebuilt in the 1860s, at a cost of £1,400, with only the Norman tower remaining.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkham and Crambeck.
Kirkham
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkham is a village in the civil parish of Westow, in North Yorkshire, England, close to Malton, situated in the Howardian Hills alongside the River Derwent, and is notable for the nearby ruins of Kirkham Priory, an Augustinian establishment.
Crambeck
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crambeck near Crambe and Malton in Yorkshire is near the River Derwent.
Westow
Village
Photo: Tracer.smart, Public domain.
Westow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Westow is situated in the lee of Spy Hill, bordering the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 3 miles from the A64 road linking Leeds to the East Coast, 5 miles west of the town of Malton, and 15 miles east of the city of York.
Firby
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Westow, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.08915° or 54° 5′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.86179° or 0° 51′ 42″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C6X34QQ+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 55441684OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Firby” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Firby”
- Ladin: “Firby (Ryedale)”
- Ladin: “Firby”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Friþibȳ, Rīdæl”
- Polish: “Firby”
- Swedish: “Firby, Westow”
- Swedish: “Firby”
- “Firby”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Firby”. Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.