Kirkby Overblow
Coordinates: 53°56′16″N 1°30′23″W / 53.93790°N 1.50643°W
| Kirkby Overblow | |
 All Saints Church |
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 Kirkby Overblow
Kirkby Overblow shown within North Yorkshire |
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| Population | 476 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SE325492 |
| Civil parish | Kirkby Overblow |
| District | Harrogate |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROGATE |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Dialling code | 01423 |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Skipton and Ripon |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Kirkby Overblow is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Wetherby and Harrogate and lies to the west of Sicklinghall. It has a church called All Saints [1] There are two pubs in Kirkby Overblow. The Shoulder of Mutton, which boasts a large beer garden, and the Star and Garter. Kirkby Overblow has a bus stop, but no railway station or post office.
[edit] History
The first written reference to Kirkby Overblow 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.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Orblauers - A History of Kirkby Overblow, Kearby-with-Netherby and Dunkeswick, published 1995. ISBN 0-9525598-0-3
[edit] External links
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- Village website
- "The Ancient Parish of Kirkby Overblow". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Kirkbyoverblow/index.html. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
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