Cold Kirby

Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 census (including Angram Grange) was 205.[1] It is in the North York Moors, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank, 5 miles (8 km) west of Helmsley.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The name Kirby derives from the Old Norse Kaeribȳ meaning 'Kaeri's village'.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cold Kirby Parish (E04007563)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

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