Kirby-on-the-Hill
- Not to be confused with Kirby Hill
| Kirby Hill | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Peter and St Felix Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ139065 |
| Location: | 54°27’15"N, 1°47’6"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 60 |
| Post town: | Richmond |
| Postcode: | DL11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Richmondshire |
Kirby Hill or Kirby-on-the-Hill,[1] is a village and civil parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It has a population of around 60,[2] remaining less than 100 at the 2011 Census. The village is a mile south of the larger village of Ravensworth.
Kirby Hill is a small place, but it has long been important as the location of the parish church of the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth.[1] Its large mediæval parish church of St Peter and St Felix is a Grade-I listed building. It was built in 1397, on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church.[3] A memorial in the church commemorates the former rector Dr John Dakyn, who took part in, and is a noted chronicler of the Pilgrimage of Grace.[4] A trust in his name still allocates educational grants to local youngsters. The church is also notable as the resting place of the last male descendant of the reformer John Wycliffe.[5] In 1859, the centre of the village green featured "a beautiful spring", although it is no longer there.[6] Pevsner described the village as "perfect and exceptional".[7]
In 1866 the township of Kirby Hill became a civil parish.[8] Its small grammar school was closed in 1957, just one year after its 400th anniversary.[9] There is an eighteenth-century public house.[10]
Notable people
- Dr John Dakyn, rector of Kirby Hill and Archdeacon of the East Riding.
- George Fitzhugh, rector of Kirby Hill, Chancellor of Cambridge University and Dean of Lincoln.
- William Rokeby, rector of Kirby Hill and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
- Alan Percy, rector of Kirby Hill and Master of St John's College, Cambridge.
- Matthew Hutton, the Archbishop of Canterbury was born and educated there.[11]
- James Raine, the antiquarian and topographer, was educated there.
- William Lax, the astronomer, was schooled there.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William, Page, ed (1914). "Parishes: Kirkby Ravensworth". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64721. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ "Population Estimates 2009". North Yorkshire Council. http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=11401&p=0.
- ↑ "Kirkby Ravensworth Parish information". Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England. 19 March 2011. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kirkbyravensworth/Kirkbyravensworth35.html. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "David Callaghan" (PDF). http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/emforum/research/disstheses/openacc/david_callaghan_the_role_of_the_clergy_in_the_pilgrimage_of_grace.pdf. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "St.Peter and St.Felix Parish Church of Kirby Ravensworth, England". http://browngenealogy.org/1952debbieholtzendorff/1777josephbrown/kirbyravensworth.php. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ Whellan, T. (1859). History and topography of the city of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York. Printed for the publishers, by John Green. pp. 500–. https://books.google.com/books?id=HpbkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA500. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "Past Lives: No recounts in this ancient election". The Northern Echo. 24 November 2000. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2000/11/24/The+North+East+Archive/7124773.Past_Lives__No_recounts_in_this_ancient_election/. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "Vision of Britain website". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10440932/relationships.
- ↑ "THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KIRBY HILL, NORTH YORKSHIRE". The Landmark Trust. http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/otherOptions/documents/GrammarSchoolsep2010.pdf.
- ↑ "Pub Of The Week: Shoulder of Mutton, Kirby Hill". 14 November 2011. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/eating-in-or-out/pub_of_the_week_shoulder_of_mutton_kirby_hill_1_3962492. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ Holtby, Robert T. (2004). "Hutton, Matthew (1693–1758)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14310. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ↑ "A Cambridge Alumni Database". University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=LS780W&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.
Outside links
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- National Heritage List 10192870: St Peter and St Felix Church