Swainby

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude = 54.4114
longitude = -1.2658
official_name = Swainby
civil_parish = Whorlton
population =
shire_district= Hambleton
shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster =
post_town = NORTHALLERTON
postcode_district = DL6
postcode_area = DL
dial_code = 01642
os_grid_reference = NZ477019

Swainby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north east of Northallerton on the A172. The small market town of Stokesley is only 5 miles away.Swainby is located on the north western corner of the North York Moors National Park. The characteristics of the village and the surrounding area consist of traditional Yorkshire dry stone walls, sweeping hills, sheep, heather and moor land.

The village contains three pubs, 'The Blacksmiths Arms', 'The Black Horse' and 'The Miners Arms'.

The village is close to the ruins of Whorlton Castle which was abandoned after the Black Death in the 14th Century. Swainby appears to have been built after this abandonment. When the village housed the miners who worked the nearby hills for ironstone and jet in the 19th Century there appears to have been some expansion.

There is also a caravan park and farm house which sold at an Auction on Wednesday 2nd July 2008 at The Golden Lion Hotel, High Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire for £1,950,000.