Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIRBY (COLD)

KIRBY (COLD), a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire; under the Hambledon Hills, 5½ miles W by N of Helmsley, and 8 E by N of Thirsk r. station. Posttown, Thirsk. Real property, £950. Pop., 193. Houses, 28. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £63. Patron, the Hon. T. Duncombe. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cold Kirby Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place names: COLD KIRBY     |     KIRBY     |     KIRBY COLD
Place: Cold Kirby

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