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KIRKBY-OVERBLOW, a village and a township in Knaresborongh district, and a parish partly also in Otley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence near the river Wharfe, 2 miles SE of Pannal r. station, and 4 SSE of Harrogate; commands a fine view over an extensive plain; and has a post office under Tadcaster.-The township comprises 1, 409 acres. Real property, £3, 108. Pop., 280. Houses, 65.—The parish contains also the townships of Rigton, Sicklinghall, Kearby-with-Netherby, and Stainburn. Acres, 10, 704. Real property, £13, 487. Pop., 1, 569. Houses, 328The manor of K. O. belongs to Henry R. J. Scott, Esq; and that of Rigton, to the Earl of Harewood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £944.* Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is ancient, of various dates and styles; was repaired in 1781; has atower; and was formerly collegiate. The p. curacy of Stainburn is a separate benefice. There are Wesleyan chapels in K. O., Sicklinghall, Rigton, and Stainburn, a Roman Catholic church and monastery in Sicklinghall, a large school in the Gothic style in Rigton, parochial schools in K. O., Sicklinghall, and Stainburn, and charities £28. The school rooms in Rigton and Sicklinghall are used as chapels of ease.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Otley RegD Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Kirkby Overblow |
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