Baldersby
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  Baldersby shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | Harrogate |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Baldersby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about six miles west of Thirsk and five miles north east of Ripon on the A61. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 253.
Baldersby has a Post Office, a farm shop, an Anglican Mission Room, and a cricket ground with a pavilion and children's play area. The nearest primary school is Baldersby St. James C of E Primary School in nearby Baldersby St. James.
The name Baldersby is derived from that of the Norse god, Balder, and indicates that the area of the village may once have been a Viking settlement.
The village appears in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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