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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirby Misperton like this:
KIRKBY-MISPERTON, a township in Pickering district, and a parish partly also in Malton district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3¼ miles SSW of Pickering town and r. station. Acres, 1, 739. Real property, £3, 034. Pop., 215. Houses, 41.—The parish contains aldo the towns of Barughs-Ambo, Ryton, Little Habton, and Great Habton; the last of which has a post office under York. ...
Acres, 7, 544. Real property, £9, 927. Pop., 1, 002. Houses, 191. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to R. Tindall, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £960.* Patron, Lord Feversham. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There are two chapels of ease, four Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £25.
Kirby Misperton 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 Misperton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirby Misperton, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13203
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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