Killerby is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the county of

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, England, south east of the village of Catterick. It consists of a few scattered houses and farms, with an estimated population in 2013 of only 10. There is no modern village in the parish. Killerby was mentioned in the

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(as ''Chilvordebi''), when it was a berewick to Catterick. In 1291 Bryan FitzAlan, lord of Bedale, was granted a

licence to crenellate In medieval England, Wales and the Channel Islands a licence to crenellate (or licence to fortify) granted the holder permission to fortify his property. Such licences were granted by the king, and by the rulers of the counties palatine within the ...

his house at Killerby. The foundations of the castle can still be traced. A hunting lodge was later built nearby, and its stable block built in 1788 survives. Killerby Hall, an impressive country house was built in 1906 on the site. Killerby was a

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in the ancient parish of Catterick in the

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, and became a separate civil parish in 1866.Vision of Britain website
/ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary

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{{commons category-inline, Killerby, Hambleton Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

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