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Kirkby, North Yorkshire
Kirkby (historically known as Kirkby-in-Cleveland) is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, near Great Busby and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Stokesley.[2] The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Uhtred.[3] The name of the village derives from the Old Norse kirkju-býr, which means church with a village.[4] At the 2001 Census, the population of the village was recorded at 313,[5] dropping slightly to 309 at the 2011 Census.[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 310.[6] The village used to be served by Stokesley railway station on the Picton to Battersby railway line, which was 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village.[7] The A172 road is to the north and the B1257 Stokesley to Helmsley road is in the village of Great Broughton, 0.62 miles (1 km) to the east.[8] The parish church of St Augustine was built in 1815 to replace a medieval building.[9] The chancel was rebuilt in the early 1900s by London architect Temple Moore. It is a grade II* listed building.[10] Besides the church, Kirkby also has a village hall and a public house, the Black Swan.[11] To the south of the village is Kirby Bank (without a second 'K'). Part of the pathway there is a Medieval greenway known as the Kirby Bank Trod, which is believed to have been laid in the 12th century as part of the route to Rievaulx Abbey. The track is a scheduled ancient monument.[12] References
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