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Kirby Hill, Richmondshire

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
static_image_name	St Peter and St Felix church, Kirby Hill.jpg
static_image_caption	Parish church of SS Peter and Felix
coordinates
os_grid_reference	NZ139065
label_position	bottom
official_name	Kirby Hill
population	60
civil_parish	Kirby Hill
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
country	England
post_town	Richmond
postcode_district	DL11
postcode_area	DL
dial_code	01748
constituency_westminster	Richmond and Northallerton
website	https://kirbyhillpc.org.uk/

Kirby Hill, historically also known as Kirby-on-the-Hill, is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is about 1 mi south of Ravensworth and about 4 mi north-west of the town of Richmond.

The parish population is about 60. 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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Kirby Hill as "a perfect village, but ... also ... exceptional".

Parish church

Main article: St Peter and St Felix's Church, Kirby Ravensworth

The Church of England parish church of Sts Peter and Felix historically served the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth. It was built in the 12th century on the site of a previous Anglo-Saxon church.

The east window of the chancel was added in the 13th century. Several other features were added in the 14th century, including the vestry, the north aisle, the south porch, several new windows, and the west tower (built in 1397). And the clerestory and south aisle were added in the 15th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.

Grammar school

Dr John Dakyn, a 16th-century vicar of Kirby Ravensworth, left a legacy to fund the establishment of The Grammar School in the village. It was built in 1556 and enlarged in 1706.

Notable alumni of the grammar school include Matthew Hutton (1693–1758), who was born in the village and was made archbishop of Canterbury in 1757; the astronomer William Lax (1761–1836){{cite web |url= http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2017c.pl?sur=Lax&suro=w&fir=William&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 |title=A Cambridge Alumni Database |publisher= University of Cambridge }} and the antiquarian and the topographer James Raine (1791–1858).

The school closed in 1957, just one year after its 400th anniversary. The former school’s building is now a private house and a Grade II* listed building.

Amenities

Kirby Hill has an 18th-century public house, the Shoulder of Mutton.

References

Bibliography

References

{{harvnb. Page. 1914
"Population Estimates 2009". North Yorkshire County Council.
"Kirby Hill Tn/CP". [[University of Portsmouth]].
(8 March 1932). "This Mellow Shire". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer.
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Holtby, Robert T. (2004). "Hutton, Matthew (1693–1758)".
"The Grammar School, Kirby Hill, North Yorkshire". [[Landmark Trust]].
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[http://www.shoulderofmutton.net/ Shoulder of Mutton]
(14 November 2011). "Pub Of The Week: Shoulder of Mutton, Kirby Hill". [[Yorkshire Post Newspapers]].

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