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Kilby
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Kilby is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. Kilby is the easternmost village in the district, and is south east of Leicester. Kilby civil parish includes the former parish of Foston and its deserted medieval village. Nearby places are Countesthorpe , Fleckney , Arnesby , Wistow and Kilby Bridge .
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Place details
- Locality
- Kilby
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 270
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Blaby
- Population
- 270
- Dialing code
- 0116
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- Commons category
- Kilby
- postal code
- LE18
- P8168
- Midlothian
- different from
- Kilby
- twinned administrative body
- Héricy
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Boundary changes
- Occupational statistics
- Present day
- Education
- Places of interest
- Foston
- References
- External links
Kilby is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. Kilby is the easternmost village in the district, and is south east of Leicester. Kilby civil parish includes the former parish of Foston and its deserted medieval village. Nearby places are Countesthorpe , Fleckney , Arnesby , Wistow and Kilby Bridge .
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilby as follows:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kilby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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