Borrowby, east North Yorkshire

Borrowby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated in the North York Moors National Park, inland but near the coast, between Whitby and Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 50 in 2014. According to the 2001 UK census, Borrowby parish had a population of 56. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name Borrowby derives from the Old English berg meaning 'tumulus' and the Old Norse bȳ meaning 'village'.