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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirby in Cleveland like this:
KIRKBY-IN-CLEVELAND, a township and a parish in Stokesley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies under Wainstone hill, near the North Yorkshire and Cleveland railway, 2 miles SSE of Stokesley. Real property, £2, 6 43; of which £17 are in mines, and £17 in quarries. Pop., 227. ...
Houses, 50.—The parish contains also the township of Broughton, and comprises 4, 716 acres. Post town, Stokesley, under Northallerton. Real property, 7, 066. Pop. in 1851, 723; in 1861, 804. Houses, 179. The manor belongs to James Emmerson, Esq. The living is twofold, a sinecure rectory and a vicarage in charge, in the diocese of York. Value of the rectory, £359; of the vicarage, not reported. Patron of the rectory, the Archbishop of York; of the vicarage, the Rector. The church was rebuilt in 1815, on the site of a small ancient cruciform structure; and has a tower. There is a free grammar school, with £60 a year from endowment.
Kirby in Cleveland is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kirby in Cleveland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirby in Cleveland, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13201
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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