Kilby

Kilby
Main Street, Kilby (2006)
Kilby is located in Leicestershire
Kilby
Kilby
Location within Leicestershire
Area3.7440326 sq mi (9.697000 km2)
Population270 (2011)
• Density72/sq mi (28/km2)
OS grid referenceSP6197895424
• London100.1 mi (161.1 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Kilby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGSTON
Postcode districtLE18
Dialling code0116
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteKilby 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]

  1. ^ "Parish and Town Councils". Blaby District Council. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Kilby Church St Mary Magdalene". Leicestershire Churches. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. ^ Marius, John. "Kilby". Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2022.