KIRBY (COLD), a parish in the wapentake of
BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county of YORK, 7
miles (E. N. E.) from Thirsk, containing 185 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, endowed with £800
royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord Feversham.