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Crosby, North Yorkshire

civil parish in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ5188019 ↗
Source-derived summary

Crosby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 20 in 2010. The population remained at less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details are included in the civil parish of Thornton-le-Beans.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Its immediate neighbour is the parish of Borrowby.

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The public source identifies “Crosby, North Yorkshire” as civil parish in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Crosby, North and Yorkshire.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2011, 1974, 2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Crosby, North and Yorkshire providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Crosby, North Yorkshire”, the useful work is to connect “civil parish in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5188019. Authority coordinates are 54.313, -1.372. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2011, 1974 and 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Crosby, North Yorkshire” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.