ABSTRACT
The village of Kirby Hill lies about a mile north of
the North Yorkshire market town of Borough-
bridge. It sits on a shallow eminence surrounded
by agricultural land and enjoys long-range views
across attractive rural landscape, particularly
north to the Hambleton Hills. Historically the
location occupied by the village is quite signifi-
cant. There has apparently been an established
community there from before Saxon times and
parts of the village’s All Saints church can be
traced back to this period. The main road through
the village, now Leeming Lane, was once the route
of the Great North Road from London to Scotland
but now the bulk of traffic flow is carried past the
village on the A1(M) about half a mile to the west.
Once a mainly agricultural village characterised
