Kirkbymoorside
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Kirkbymoorside (), sometimes spelled Kirbymoorside, is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is north of York; midway between Pickering and Helmsley, and on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The parish had a population of 3,040 in the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Kirkbymoorside
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kirkbymoorside.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kirkbymoorside market place
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 3,040
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kirkbymoorside
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Thirsk and Malton
- UK place.post_town
- YORK
- UK place.postcode_district
- YO62
- UK place.postcode_area
- YO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01751
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE696865
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Kirkbymoorside (), sometimes spelled Kirbymoorside, is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is north of York; midway between Pickering and Helmsley, and on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The parish had a population of 3,040 in the 2011 census.
==Etymology== There is some disagreement over the spelling of the name. Most documents and road signs use Kirkbymoorside, but the alternative of Kirbymoorside more closely corresponds to how it is traditionally pronounced, and is how the railway companies spelled the name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirkbymoorside” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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