Borrowby, west North Yorkshire
It is situated halfway between Thirsk and Northallerton, about 25 miles (40 km) north of York, in the Vale of Mowbray, a low-lying agricultural landscape shaped by the last glaciation, that lies between two national parks, the North York Moors to the east and the Yorkshire Dales to the west.Borrowby is one of the so-called Hillside Villages and can be found towards the eastern fringe of the vale where the land begins to rise to the moors.[3] This exposed location has always been good for growing orchards[4] as the hill tops escaped the glacial debris and cannot be reached by the flood plains of the river, the Cod Beck.On the village green is an old cross which is said to have marked the border between Borrowby and the town of Gueldable,[6] (and the two Wapentakes of Allerton and Birdforth) at a time when both townships were completely intermixed.that the structure and character of the village have not significantly changed to this day, though some original cottages have been replaced by more modern versions and gaps between the buildings have been filled.