| Kirby Hill | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of SS Peter and Felix | |
.svg)  Kirby Hill Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 60 |
| OS grid reference | NZ139065 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Richmond |
| Postcode district | DL11 |
| Dialling code | 01748 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
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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. The village is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Ravensworth and about 4 miles (6 km) north-west of the town of Richmond.
The parish population is about 60.[2] At the 2011 census, it was less than 100. Population data about Kirby Hill is now included in population data about the parish of Gayles.
Kirby Hill was a township in the parish of Kirkby Ravensworth until 1866, when it was made a separate civil parish.[3]
As early as 1859, the centre of the village green featured "a beautiful spring". It continued to be used by residents until at least 1932.[4] Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Kirby Hill as "a perfect village, but ... also ... exceptional".[5][6]
- ^ Page 1914, pp. 87–97
- ^ "Population Estimates 2009". North Yorkshire County Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Kirby Hill Tn/CP". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth.
- ^ Whellan 1859, pp. 500–.
- ^ Pevsner 1966, p. 209.
- ^ Forbes, Ernest (8 March 1932). "This Mellow Shire". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer.