Hornby is a small village and civil parish located about north-west of Bedale in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
The name of the village is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hornebi and Horneby. It derives from the Old Norse personal name Horni and the word bý ('farm'). Thus the name once meant 'farm belonging to Horni'.
Hornby is part of the electoral ward of Hornby Castle. This ward stretches north to Brough with St. Giles, with a total population of 1,766.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.