What is "gatenby"

Gatenby is a secluded village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about two miles east of the A1 road, near to the River Swale. Nearby is RAF Leeming. The population of the parish was estimated at 40 in 2010. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Exelby, Leeming and Newton.

The place name is found in the Domesday Book as Ghetenesbi, the meaning is unclear, one interpretation is "goat's tongue ridge farm", a farm situated on a narrow ridge.

From the place name, there is a derivative English surname, see Gatenby (name).

Gatenby is a British surname, which originated in Gatenby, North Yorkshire, England. Notable people with the surname include:

• David Gatenby, Australian cricketer
• James Brontë Gatenby (1892–1960), New Zealand zoologist notable for work on structure of cells and Golgi apparatus
• John Gatenby Bolton (1922–1993), British-Australian astronomer
• Peter Gatenby (cricketer) (born 1949), Tasmanian cricketer
• Peter Gatenby (doctor) (1923-2015), son of James Brontë Gatenby; Irish doctor, professor of medicine, medical historian