Kirkby Overblow [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Kirkby Overblow
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.
Kirkby Overblow was a large ancient parish, which included the townships of Kearby with Netherby (including the hamlets of Kearby and Netherby