Kirkby (historically known as Kirkby-in-Cleveland) is a village and

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in the county of

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, England, near Great Busby and south of

Stokesley Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven, North Yorkshire, River Leven. An Wards and ...

. The village is mentioned in the

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as belonging to ''Uhtred''. The name of the village derives from the

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''kirkju-býr'', which means church with a village. At the 2001 Census, the population of the village was recorded at 313, dropping slightly to 309 at the 2011 Census. In 2015,

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estimated the population to be 310. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary

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. The village used to be served by Stokesley railway station on the Picton to Battersby railway line, which was north of the village. The A172 road is to the north and the B1257 Stokesley to

Helmsley Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of Pickering. Helmsley is ...

road is in the village of Great Broughton, to the east. St Augustine's Church, Kirkby was built in 1815 to replace a

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building. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 1900s by London architect

Temple Moore Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London but whose work can be seen across England, particularly in the North. He is famous for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built betwe ...

. It is a grade II* listed building. Besides the church, Kirkby also has a village hall and a public house, the Black Swan. To the south of the village is Kirby Bank (without a second 'K'). Part of the pathway there is a medieval greenway known as the ''Kirby Bank Trod'', which is believed to have been laid in the 12th century as part of the route to

Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx Abbey ( ) was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. It was one of the great abbeys in England until it was seized in 1538 under Henry VIII during the Dissolu ...

. The track is a scheduled ancient monument. West of the village is Dromonby, the location of Dromonby Hall, a grade I listed 16th-century house.

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