Kilsby
Sign in to saveKilsby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated a short distance south of the border with Warwickshire, approximately southeast of Rugby. The parish of Kilsby, which includes Barby Nortoft, was estimated to have a population of 1,268 in 2020.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kilsby
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,196
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Kilsby
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kilsby Main Road - geograph.org.uk - 1220833.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kilsby Main Road
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kilsby
- UK place.population
- 1,268
- UK place.population_ref
- (2020 est)
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Daventry
- UK place.post_town
- RUGBY
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Northamptonshire
- Population
- +1221
- Area
- +1041.52
- Image
- Kilsby Main Road - geograph.org.uk - 1220833.jpg
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Kilsby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated a short distance south of the border with Warwickshire, approximately southeast of Rugby. The parish of Kilsby, which includes Barby Nortoft, was estimated to have a population of 1,268 in 2020.
==History== Kilsby's name comes from Anglo-Saxon + old Norse , literally meaning "child's dwelling", but "child" here probably means "young nobleman". Its church, St Faith's, may originally have been the daughter chapel of the neighbouring parish of Barby.