{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Kirby Knowle | coordinates = {{coord|54|16|46|N|1|16|49|W|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Kirby Knowle - geograph.org.uk - 217703.jpg | static_image_caption = Kirby Knowle | population = 60 | population_ref = <ref name=popest/> | civil_parish = Kirby Knowle | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | post_town = Thirsk | postcode_district = YO7 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE469873 }}
'''Kirby Knowle''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North Yorkshire Moors and near Upsall, about four miles northeast of Thirsk. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the population of the civil parish was estimated at 60 in 2014.<ref name=popest>{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2014|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=9 March 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}} In the 2011 census the population of Kirby Knowle was included with Cowesby parish and not counted separately.</ref>
==History==
The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Chirchebi'' in the ''Yalestre'' hundred. The lands were in the possession of ''Orm, son of Gamal'', but passed to ''Hugh, son of Baldric'' after the Norman invasion.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SE4687|kirby-knowle|Kirby Knowle|accessdate=2 January 2013}}</ref> The lands became the possession of Robert de Mowbray who granted tenancy to Baldwin le Wake and then to the Upsall family, eventually passing to the Lascelles family. The Lascelles built a castle here in the 13th century which burnt down in 1568. During this time the manor was in the hands of the Constable family. The Constables were Catholics and were dispossessed of the manor after the civil war.<ref Name="Bulmers"/>
A mile to the west of the village is Kirby Knowle Castle, a 17th-century house altered in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-332563-kirby-knowle-castle-kirby-knowle|title=Kirby Knowle Castle Listing|accessdate=2 January 2013}}</ref> An earlier house on the site belonged to Joseph Constable. He was a Catholic recusant and was arrested in the house on 6 March 1597 after a search was made of secret hiding places and underground passages.<ref>''HMC Salisbury Hatfield'', vol. 7 (London, 1899), p. 105.</ref>
==Governance==
The village is within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The parish shares a grouped parish council, known as Hillside Parish Council, with the civil parishes of Boltby, Cowesby, Felixkirk and Upsall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hillside Parish Council|url=http://democracy.hambleton.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=418|publisher=Hambleton District Council|accessdate=7 March 2017|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308045415/http://democracy.hambleton.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=418|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Geography==
The nearest settlements are Upsall {{convert|1.1|mi}} to the west; Felixkirk {{convert|1.6|mi}} to the south; Boltby {{convert|1.5|mi}} to the southeast and Cowesby {{convert|1.5|mi}} to the north.<ref name="Survey">{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}</ref>
The 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 114. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 68 of which 59 were over the age of sixteen years and of these 35 were in employment. There were 33 dwellings of which 24 were detached.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=797729&c=kirby+knowle&d=16&g=475765&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1357132351388&enc=1&domainId=15|title=2001 UK Census|accessdate=9 December 2012|archive-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225153103/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=797729&c=kirby+knowle&d=16&g=475765&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1357132351388&enc=1&domainId=15|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Religion== thumb|right|Saint Wilfrid's Church, Kirby Knowle St Wilfrid's Church, Kirby Knowle is a Grade II listed building, rebuilt in 1873 on the site of the original.<ref name="Bulmers">{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |pages=736, 737|year=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-332558-church-of-st-wilfrid-kirby-knowle-north-|title=Church Listing|accessdate=2 January 2013}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Kirby Knowle {{clear}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Kirby Knowle}}
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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