| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.2686°N -2.1303°W |
| Official Name: | Stalling Busk |
| Civil Parish: | Bainbridge |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Richmond |
| Post Town: | Leyburn |
| Postcode District: | DL8 |
| Postcode Area: | DL |
| Os Grid Reference: | SD917858 |
Stalling Busk is one of three settlements around Semer Water in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire in the small dale of Raydale just off from Wensleydale, England.[1] The village lies to the immediate south of the lake, at 330m (1,080feet) above sea level.[2] [3] The name of the settlement derives from a combination of Old French (estalon) and Old Norse (buskr), which means the stallion's bush.[4] The village was also known as Stallen Busk, and is commonly referred to by locals as just Busk.[5] Although the village is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, archaeological evidence points to the area being inhabited during the Iron and Bronze ages.[6] As well as the Grade II listed St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk has the ruined Old St Matthew's Church, that is also Grade II listed, which can be found on a short walk towards Semer Water. In St Matthew's Church graveyard, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial plot.[7] The village itself only consists of 17 buildings, with one of those being the church.[8]
Historically the village was part of the Ancient Parish of Aysgarth, part of the wapentake of Hang West, in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[9] By 1742, Stalling Busk had been made into its own civil parish with the other settlements in Raydale within its parish boundaries.[10] In 1974, it was moved into the Bainbridge civil parish, in the newer county of North Yorkshire.[11] [12] It is represented at Westminster as part of the Richmond Constituency.[13]