Romanby is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and civil parish in the Hambleton

Hambleton

Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The main town and administrative centre is Northallerton, and includes the market towns and major villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley and Easingwold....

 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. Romanby is situated just south-west of Northallerton

Northallerton

Northallerton is an affluent market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It has a population of 15,741 according to the 2001 census...

, and at the 2001 UK census had a population of 6,051.

The name Romanby suggests that the village dates from Roman

Ancient Rome

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 times, but in fact it is thought to derive from the Viking

Viking

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 name Hromund.

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

Allertonshire School

The Allertonshire School is a comprehensive school in Northallerton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England.The school provides education for children aged between 11 and 14 years old, Year 7 to Year 9. Northallerton College is the sister establishment, providing education between Year 10 and Year...

 and the local College is Northallerton College

Northallerton College

Northallerton College, formerly known as Northallerton Grammar School, was founded in 1323. Parts of the old school building can be seen adjacent to All Saints' Church near the north end of Northallerton High Street...

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'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.

Northallerton Town Football Club is located in Romanby

A self contained village, it boasts two shops, post office, dentist, hairdressers and a pub

The Redmire branch line

Branch line

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 passes over a bridge just on the outskirts of Romanby Village on its way up to Wensleydale

Wensleydale

Wensleydale is the valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England.Wensleydale lies in the Yorkshire Dales National Park – one of only a few valleys in the Dales not currently named after its principal river , but the older name, "Yoredale", can still be seen...

 from Northallerton. No scheduled passenger trains have run on this stretch of line since the early 1950s, but a bus service operates from Northallerton railway station

Northallerton railway station

Northallerton railway station serves the town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire, England. The station lies on the East Coast Main Line north of York...

 to Leeming Bar railway station

Leeming Bar railway station

Leeming Bar railway station is the current rail passenger terminus of the Wensleydale Railway and serves the villages of Leeming Bar and Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. Trains are timed to link in with Dales and District service buses to Northallerton to connect with the National Rail network...

 where the Wensleydale Railway

Wensleydale Railway

The Wensleydale Railway is a railway line in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England and the name of the company that operates services on the line....

 currently terminates.

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Romanby has an impressive war memorial

War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or to commemorate those who died or were injured in war.-Historic usage:...

, details of those that died can be found here: Romanby Online War Memorial