Kirby Wiske

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Coordinates: 54°15′28″N 1°25′27″W / 54.2579°N 1.4243°W / 54.2579; -1.4243
Kirby Wiske

Kirby Wiske from the West
Kirby Wiske

 Kirby Wiske shown within North Yorkshire
Population 105 
OS grid reference SE376848
Civil parish Kirby Wiske
District Hambleton
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO7 4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Thirsk and Malton
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Kirby Wiske is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wiske, about four miles north-west of Thirsk.

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Kirkebi in the Allerton hundred. After the Norman invasion, the manor passed from Earl Edwin to the Crown.[1]

Governance

The village is within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It lies within the Thorntons ward of Hambleton District Council and Sowerby electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council.[2]

Geography

The nearest settlements are Maunby 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the north-west; South Otterington 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the north; Thornton-le-Street 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the north-east and Sandhutton 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to the south. The village stands on the west bank of the River Wiske, which joins the River Swale to the south of the village and close to the A167 road.[2]

The 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 223.[3] The population of Kirkby Wiske in 2001 was 105, consisting of 45 men and 60 women. Of these 90 were over the age of sixteen years old and 61 of those were in employment. There were 48 dwellings of which 29 were detached.[4]

Religion

Saint John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske

There is a church in the village dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church is a Grade II* Listed Building and was built in the 12th century on the site of an older Saxon building. Restoration and rebuilding has taken place in the 14th, 15th and 19th centuries.[3][5] There was a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built in the village in 1825, but is no longer in use as such.[3]

Notable buildings

Sion Hill Hall, a Grade II Listed Building,[6] in Kirby Wiske houses the Birds of Prey and Conservation Centre with over 70 birds of prey and is operated by Falconry UK ltd.[7]

In total there are eleven Grade II Listed Buildings in the area, including the bridge over the river.[8]

References

  1. Kirby Wiske in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ordnance Survey Open Viewer
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. pp. 739, 740. ISBN 1-86150-299-0. 
  4. "2001 UK Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 December 2012. 
  5. "Church Listing". Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
  6. "Sion Hall Listing". Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
  7. Falconry UK ltd
  8. "Listed Buildings". Retrieved 2 January 2013. 

External links

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