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Kirkby Overblow is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Wetherby and Harrogate and lies to the west of Sicklinghall and the east of Leeds Bradford International Airport. It has a church called All Saints () and a Church of England primary school affiliated with the church (). There are two pubs in Kirkby Overblow. The Shoulder of Mutton, which boasts a large beer garden, and the Star and Garter. Kirkby Overblow has a bus stop, but no railway station or post office. ==History== The first written reference to Kirkby Overblow appears in the Domesday Book, where it appears as ''Cherchebi''. The ''Kirkby'' part of the name is a common prefix, simply meaning a settlement by a church, while ''Overblow'' is a corruption of ''Oreblow'', a reference to the village's iron-smelting past.〔Orblauers - A History of Kirkby Overblow, Kearby-with-Netherby and Dunkeswick, published 1995. ISBN 0-9525598-0-3〕 Kirkby Overblow was a large ancient parish, which included the townships of Kearby with Netherby (including the hamlets of Kearby and Netherby), Rigton (which later became North Rigton), Sicklinghall and Stainburn.〔(''The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1868) on GENUKI )〕 All these places became separate civil parishes in 1866.〔(Vision of Britain website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kirkby Overblow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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