Kirby Misperton

Kirby Misperton
Kirby Misperton
Population	370 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE779794
Civil parish	Kirby Misperton;
District	Ryedale;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALTON
Postcode district	YO17 6
Dialling code	01653
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Kirby Misperton is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.

Geography

It is located about 4 miles south from Pickering by road and about 7½ miles north from Malton. It is just west of the A169 road.

Adjacent to the village lies one of the most popular amusement parks in England, Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo.^[2] A gas field is nearby which pumps gas to the Knapton Generating Station, having been discovered in January 1985. The fields were originally bought by Kelt UK Ltd (owned by Kelt Energy plc and Edinburgh Oil & Gas plc) in April 1992 from Candecca Resources Ltd (owned by BP).

History

The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence.

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^ Wilson, Natalya (29 December 2010). "Kirby Misperton in the spotlight". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

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[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[2] Wilson, Natalya (29 December 2010). "Kirby Misperton in the spotlight". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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