Romanby

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude= 54.3288

longitude= -1.4440

official_name= Romanby
population = 6,000
shire_district= Hambleton
region= Yorkshire and the Humber

shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Richmond
post_town= Northallerton
postcode_district = DL7
postcode_area= DL
dial_code= 01609
os_grid_reference= SE361927

Romanby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Romanby is situated just south-west of Northallerton.

The name Romanby suggests that the village dates from Roman times, but in fact it is thought to derive from the Viking name Hromund.

The Community of Romanby is served by Romanby Primary School. The local secondary school is the Allertonshire School and the local College is Northallerton College.

'The Golden Lion' is a Pub that lies at the heart of Romanby village.

Romanby Church was demolished in 1523 on the orders of the Bishop of Durham, Thomas Wolsey. Romanby now has two churches, St James' Church (built in 1882) and Romanby Methodist Church.

Romanby Golf Course lies on the outskirts of Romanby, it has an 18 hole course, floodlit driving range and a clubhouse.

The Redmire branch line passes over a bridge just on the outskirts of Romanby Village on its way up to Wensleydale from Northallerton. No passenger trains have run on this stretch of line since the early 1950s, but a bus service operates from Northallerton railway station to Leeming Bar railway station where the Wensleydale Railway currently terminates.

External links

Romanby has an impressive war memorial, details of those that died can be found here: [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scmetcalfe/pages/rolist.htm Romanby Online War Memorial]