Killerby is a hamlet in the borough of

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

and the

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, England. It is situated a few miles to the west of

. In 2021 the parish had a population of 62. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Killerby:

Etymology

The name ''Killerby'' is of

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

origin. The first element is the given-name ''Kilvert'' and the second is ''bȳ'' meaning "farm". Spellings of the place-name suggest the first element was mistaken for

Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th [2-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ...

''culvert'' ("freeman").

Demographics

At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100.

References

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Hamlets in County Durham Places in the Borough of Darlington Places in the Tees Valley Civil parishes in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub