Kilsby

Coordinates: 52°20′10″N 1°10′28″W / 52.336061°N 1.17435°W / 52.336061; -1.17435

Kilsby
Kilsby  Kilsby shown within Northamptonshire
Population	1,221 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SP562712
Parish	Kilsby
District	Daventry district
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

Kilsby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England situated approximately five miles south-east of Rugby.

According to the 2001 census Kilsby had a population of 1,221. The village has grown considerably since the 1960s, with several new housing developments and a degree of in-filling. Amenities include a primary school, post office and shop, two pubs and two churches - Church of England and URC.

Kilsby's name comes from Anglo-Saxon cildes + old Norse býr, literally meaning "child's dwelling", but "child" here probably means "young nobleman".^[1] Its church, St Faith's, may originally have been the daughter chapel of the neighbouring parish of Barby.

The parish's eastern side is bounded by the old route of the Roman Watling Street, and the village itself is sited on the crossing of two former mediaeval drove-routes.^[2] It gives its name to the Kilsby Tunnel on the West Coast Main Line. The tunnel measures 1 mile 666 yards (2,216 m).

One of the village's more unusual claims to fame is that the A361 road terminates here at a junction with the A5. The A361 runs to Ilfracombe in Devon making it the longest '3-digit' road in Britain.

External links

• History of Kilsby
• Geography of Kilsby
• Kilsby village website
• Kilsby MG Car Club
• St Faith's Church, Kilsby
• Kilsby School
• Kilsby Post Office and Stores

References

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