Kirby Grindalythe

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Coordinates: 54°05′45″N 0°37′02″W / 54.09576°N 0.61736°W / 54.09576; -0.61736
Kirby Grindalythe
Kirby Grindalythe

 Kirby Grindalythe shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE905675
Civil parish Kirby Grindalythe
District Ryedale
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MALTON
Postcode district YO17
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale)
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St Andrew's Church
Interior of St Andrew's

Kirby Grindalythe is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about eight miles south-east of Malton. The name of the village is derived from Old Norse. Kirby kirkiubỹr means "village with a church", the Grindal element is a distortion of Cranedale, meaning "valley with cranes" and lythe is from Old Norse "hlíõ" meaning slope.[1] Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Kirby Grindalythe village has a resident population of roughly fifty. There are no shops, and the nearest town is Malton. The village is the location of the Cranedale Centre, a residential Field Studies Centre providing courses in environmental subjects and outdoor education to people of all ages. The church of St Andrew's at Kirby Grindalythe is on the Sykes Churches Trail having been restored by Sir Tatton Sykes in 1872–5 and again more recently after a grant of about £175,000 from English Heritage. The church is now a Grade II* listed building.[2]

The civil parish of Kirby Grindalythe, which includes the village of Duggleby, had a population of 247 people living in 92 households at the time of the last census in 2001.[3]

High Mowthorpe

Also in the civil parish is the former hamlet of High Mowthorpe (54°06′29″N 0°38′32″W / 54.10819°N 0.64231°W / 54.10819; -0.64231 (High Mowthorpe) ),[4] which is now an ADAS farm and arable research centre. The farm is a mixed arable and livestock farm, covering 437 hectares (1,080 acres) with 97 hectares (240 acres) managed organically.[5] Laboratory and glasshouse facilities are located on the site as well as a weather station providing data to the Met Office.[6] High Mowthorpe is also the home of ADAS Pest Evaluation Services, which processes approximately 4,000 soil and plant samples annually to determine pest and disease levels.

References

  1. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1980). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Fourth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-19-869103-3. 
  2. ↑ "eychurches.org.uk - Kirby Grindalythe Succeeded — So Can You!". www.eychurches.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
  3. ↑ "Lead View Table". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. 2004. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
  4. ↑ "GENUKI: Kirby Grindalythe Parish information from Bulmers' 1892.". Genuki. 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
  5. ↑ "High Mowthorpe". ADAS (company). Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
  6. ↑ "Met Office: search results". Met Office. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 

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