Birkby, North Riding

Description
Birkby, a township and a parish in the N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the N.E.R., 2 miles SSE of Cowton station, and 7 NNW of Northallerton, which is the post town. Acreage, 1203 ; population of the civil parish, 68; of the ecclesiastical, 138. The parish includes also the township of Little Smeaton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value, £187 with residence. The church is small and plain.