Kilby

Kilby
Main Street, Kilby (2006)
Kilby Location within Leicestershire
Area	3.7440326 sq mi (9.697000 km2)
Population	270 (2011)
• Density	72/sq mi (28/km2)
OS grid reference	SP6197895424
• London	100.1 mi (161.1 km) SE
Civil parish	Kilby
District	Blaby
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGSTON
Postcode district	LE18
Dialling code	0116
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Leicestershire
Website	Kilby Parish Council
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°33′11″N 1°05′14″W / 52.553139°N 1.0873400°W / 52.553139; -1.0873400

Kilby is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.^[1] Kilby is the easternmost village in the district, and is 6.1 miles (9.8 km) south east of Leicester.^[2] Kilby civil parish includes the former parish of Foston and its deserted medieval village. Nearby places are Countesthorpe 2.21 miles (3.56 km), Fleckney 2.12 miles (3.41 km), Arnesby 1.96 miles (3.15 km), Wistow 1.4 miles (2.3 km) and Kilby Bridge 1.18 miles (1.90 km).

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilby as follows:

"KILBY, a parish, with a village, in Blaby district, Leicestershire; on a branch of the river Soar, and on the Union canal, 2 miles SSE of Wigston r. station, and 6½ SSE of Leicester. Post town, Wigston, under Leicester. Acres, 1, 060. Real property, £2, 200. Pop., 362. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few. Framework knitting is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £63. Patron, Sir H. Halford, Bart. The church is plain and good, with a very low tower. There is an Independent chapel."^[3]