Kirby Hill, Richmondshire
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| Population | 60 |
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| OS grid reference | NZ139065 |
| Civil parish | Kirby Hill |
| District | Richmondshire |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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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. It has a population of around 60.[2] 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
- Dr John Dakyn, rector of Kirby Hill and Archdeacon of the East Riding.
- George Fitzhugh, rector of Kirby Hill, Chancellor of Cambridge University and Dean of Lincoln.
- William Rokeby, rector of Kirby Hill and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
- Alan Percy, rector of Kirby Hill and Master of St John's College, Cambridge.
- Matthew Hutton, the Archbishop of Canterbury was born and educated there.[11]
- James Raine, the antiquarian and topographer, was educated there.
- William Lax, the astronomer, was schooled there.[12]
References
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- ↑ Population Estimates 2009, North Yorkshire County Council
- ↑ Kirkby Ravensworth Parish information from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835. GENUKI (2011-03-19). Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
- ↑ Microsoft Word – David Callaghan. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
- ↑ St.Peter and St.Felix Parish Church of Kirby Ravensworth, England. Browngenealogy.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
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- ↑ Past Lives: No recounts in this ancient election (From The Northern Echo). Thenorthernecho.co.uk (2000-11-24). Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
- ↑ Vision of Britain website
- ↑ The Landmark Trust. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KIRBY HILL, NORTH YORKSHIRE
- ↑ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/eating-in-or-out/pub_of_the_week_shoulder_of_mutton_kirby_hill_1_3962492
- ↑ Robert T. Holtby, ‘Hutton, Matthew (1693–1758)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 May 2011
- ↑ A Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge
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