Uckerby

Uckerby
Uckerby
OS grid reference	NZ245022
District	Richmondshire;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	DL10
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
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Uckerby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It situated at a crossroads on the road between Scorton and Moulton.

Uckerby first appears on record as Ukerby, in 1198. The place name is derived from two Old Norse elements: the first is thought to be an unattested Old Norse personal name, either *Úkyrri or *Útkári; the second element is býr, meaning farmstead.^[1]

Both of the minor roads that cross the main road are dead ends. The one that leads off to the west ends up in a farm yard, it is possible to follow a very rarely used footpath from here to Gatherley Road in Brompton-on-Swale. The other road which leads off to the east gradually turns into a farmers track and then into a public footpath which leads to another hamlet, Moulton End near North Cowton.

References

^ Uckerby, Encyclopedia.com, retrieved 10 December 2010 which cited: Mills, A. D. (2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press

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[encyclopedia-Uckerby-1] Uckerby, Encyclopedia.com, retrieved 10 December 2010 which cited: Mills, A. D. (2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press

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