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| Name | Killerby |
| Alt names | Killerby | source: from redirect |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 54.371°N 1.606°W |
| Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) | | Yorkshire, England |
| See also | Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Hang East Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Bedale Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England | municipal district of which it has been a part since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Killerby (#15 on map) is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) southeast of the village of Catterick (in Richmond RD). It consists of a few scattered houses and farms, with an estimated population in 2013 of only 10. There is no modern village in the parish.
The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
- "KILLERBY, a township in Catterick [ancient] parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 2 miles SE by E of Catterick. Acres: 712. Population: 56. Houses: 11."
Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Killerby was, despite its size, a civil parish in Bedale Rural District. Before 1866 it was a township in the ancient parish of Catterick.
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Categories: North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Killerby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hang East Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Bedale Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England | North Yorkshire, England |
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