Kirby Hill, Richmondshire

Kirby Hill

St Peter and St Felix Church
Kirby Hill
 Kirby Hill shown within North Yorkshire
Population 60 
OS grid referenceNZ139065
Civil parishKirby Hill
DistrictRichmondshire
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Richmond
Postcode district DL11 6
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°27′15″N 1°47′06″W / 54.454170°N 1.785000°W / 54.454170; -1.785000

Kirby Hill, historically also known as Kirby-on-the-Hill,[1] is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It has a population of around 60,[2] remaining less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Information regarding the population is now included within the pariah of Gayles. The village is 1 mile south of the larger village of Ravensworth.

Kirby Hill is a small place, but it has long been important as the location of the parish church of the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth.[1] Its large medieval parish church of St Peter and St Felix is a Grade I listed building. It was built in 1397, on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church.[3] A memorial in the church commemorates the former rector Dr John Dakyn, who took part in, and is a noted chronicler of the Pilgrimage of Grace.[4] A trust in his name still allocates educational grants to local youngsters. The church is also notable as the resting place of the last male descendant of the reformer John Wycliffe.[5] In 1859, the centre of the village green featured "a beautiful spring", although it is no longer there.[6] Pevsner described the village as "perfect and exceptional".[7]

In 1866 Kirby Hill, until then a township in the parish of Kirkby Ravensworth, became a separate civil parish.[8] Its small grammar school was closed in 1957, just one year after its 400th anniversary.[9] There is an eighteenth-century public house.[10]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 William Page (editor) (1914). "Parishes: Kirkby Ravensworth". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Population Estimates 2009, North Yorkshire County Council
  3. ↑ Kirkby Ravensworth Parish information from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835. GENUKI (2011-03-19). Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
  4. ↑ Microsoft Word – David Callaghan. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
  5. ↑ St.Peter and St.Felix Parish Church of Kirby Ravensworth, England. Browngenealogy.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
  6. ↑ T. Whellan (1859). History and topography of the city of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York. Printed for the publishers, by John Green. pp. 500–. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  7. ↑ Past Lives: No recounts in this ancient election (From The Northern Echo). Thenorthernecho.co.uk (2000-11-24). Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
  8. ↑ Vision of Britain website
  9. ↑ The Landmark Trust. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KIRBY HILL, NORTH YORKSHIRE
  10. ↑ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/eating-in-or-out/pub_of_the_week_shoulder_of_mutton_kirby_hill_1_3962492
  11. ↑ Robert T. Holtby, ‘Hutton, Matthew (1693–1758)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 May 2011
  12. ↑ A Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge
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