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KIRBY KNOWLE:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

"KIRBY KNOWLE, a parish in the wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Bagby, and the townships of Balk and Kirby-Knowle, and containing 505 inhabitants, of which number, 138 are in the township of Kirby-Knowle, 4 miles N.N.E. from Thirsk. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £8.2.1. Sir T. Frankland, Bart, was patron in 1797."

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"BAGBY, a chapelry in the parish of KIRBY-KNOWLE, wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county of YORK, 2$% miles E.S.E. from Thirsk, containing 242 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists."

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"BALK, a township in the parish of KIRBY-KNOWLE, wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles E.S.E. from Thirsk, containing 125 inhabitants."