Amotherby
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Amotherby is a village and civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Ryedale
Ryedale
Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, and Terrington.-Derivation of name:...

 district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
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, England
England
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. It is about 3 miles west of Malton
Malton, North Yorkshire
Malton is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 4,000 people....

. The village appears in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

as 'Aimundrebi' which is derived from 'Eymund's farm'.

The 2001 census recorded a population of 357 for the parish. There is a church dedicated to St Helen.

Amotherby sits on 2 main roads the B1257 between Helmsley and Malton and the Kirkbymoorside to Malton road, both roads meet at a busy junction in the village with traffic from Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside meeting to head towards Malton.

There is also a pub, The Queen's Head.

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