KILBURN, a village and a township in Thirsk district, and a parish, partly also in Helmsley district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a declivity, under the Hambledon hills, 2 miles N of Coxwold r. station, and 6 ESE of Thirsk; and has a post office under Thirsk. The township, with Hood-Grange extra-parochial tract, comprises 2, 868 acres. Pop. of the township alone, 434. Houses, 107. The parish contains also the townships of Oldstead, Wass, and Thorpe-le-Willows. Acres, 4, 970. Real property, £3, 449. Pop. in 1801, 819; in 1861, 700. Houses, 162. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of York. The Living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities £18.

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