Place:Bellerby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Bellerby (#4 on map) is a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Richmond. The village has a small and historic Anglican church and a Methodist chapel. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the market town of Leyburn (#21) which is the closest big town. Bellerby is situated 673 feet (205 m) above sea level and is surrounded by low-lying hills with an open southeasterly aspect. Moorland is located to the north and the west of the village. Becks are an attractive feature of the village, which boasts many. Bellerby had a population of 364 in the UK census of 2011.

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Bellerby was located in Leyburn Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Spennithorne (#28) in the Hang West Wapentake.

St John's Church

The church of St John the Evangelist was blessed on 24 March 1874. It has three buildings, the first of the three was built before 1801. The present church was designed to be more colourful than her predecessor, with stained glass windows showing the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. Bellerby was first documented in the Domesday Book in 1086 as part of the parish of Spennithorne. It is recorded that the parishioners of Bellerby and Skeltoncote sent a petition to the Pope in Rome in 1474 (Pope Sixtus IV), asking him to sponsor the use of a chapel in Bellerby for Mass and the appointment by the Rector of Spennithorne of a priest to serve the Chapel, and provided him with a home in Bellerby. In 1847 Belleby chapel was licensed for Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, and this is also when the registers began. After a lot of fund raising on the parish's behalf, the church was restored with a new roof and decoration inside.