Kirkby Overblow
| Kirkby Overblow | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE325492 |
| Location: | 53°56’16"N, 1°30’23"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 462 (2011) |
| Post town: | Harrogate |
| Postcode: | HG3 |
| Dialling code: | 01423 |
| Local Government | |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Selby and Ainsty |
Kirkby Overblow is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, found to the north of lower Wharfedale, sitting between Wetherby and Harrogate, to the west of Sicklinghall and the east of Leeds Bradford International Airport.
The parish church is All Saints, and associated with it is a Church of England primary school.
In January 2023, the Telegraph named Kirkby Overblow one of Britain's '54 poshest villages'.[1]
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History
The first written reference to the village appears in the Domesday Book, where it appears as Cherchebi. The Kirkby part of the name is a common prefix, simply meaning a settlement by a church, while Overblow is a corruption of Oreblow, a reference to the village's iron-smelting past.[2]
Kirkby Overblow was a large ancient parish, which included the townships of Kearby with Netherby (including the hamlets of Kearby and Netherby), Rigton (now North Rigton), Sicklinghall and Stainburn.[3]
There are two pubs in Kirkby Overblow, the Shoulder of Mutton, and the Star and Garter:
Shoulder of Mutton
The Star and Garter
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Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Kirkby Overblow) |
References
- ↑ White, Anna (15 January 2022). "Revealed: Britain's 54 most desirable villages". The Telegraph. SSN 0307-1235. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/poshest-village-how-expensive-buy-county-britain/.
- ↑ Orblauers - A History of Kirkby Overblow, Kearby-with-Netherby and Dunkeswick, published 1995. ISBN 0-9525598-0-3
- ↑ Information on Kirkby Overblow from GENUKI
