- Kilsby
Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Kilsby
latitude= 52.336061
longitude= -1.17435
civil_parish= Kilsby
population = 1,221 (2001 Census)
shire_district= Daventry district
shire_county=Northamptonshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Daventry
post_town= RUGBY
postcode_district = CV23
postcode_area= CV
dial_code= 01788
os_grid_reference= SP562712Kilsby is a
village andcivil parish in the Daventry district ofNorthamptonshire ,England situated approximately five miles south-east of Rugby.According to the 2001 census Kilsby had a population of 1,221. It gives its name to the
Kilsby Tunnel on theWest Coast Main Line . The tunnel measures 1 mile 666 yards (2,216 m). Kilsby's name comes from Anglo-Saxon "cildes" +old Norse "býr", literally meaning "child's dwelling", but "child" here probably means "young nobleman". Its church, St Faith's, may originally have been the daughter chapel of the neighbouring parish of Barby. One of the village's more unusual claims to fame is that theA361 road terminates here at a junction with the A5. The A361 runs toIlfracombe inDevon making it the longest '3-digit' road in Britain.External links
* [http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/kilsby.primary/Village/History/history.html History of Kilsby]
* [http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/kilsby.primary/Village/Geography/geography.html Geography of Kilsby]
* [http://kilsbyvillage.co.uk Kilsby village website]
* [http://kilsbymgclub.org.uk/ Kilsby MG Car Club]
* [http://www.stfaithskilsby.org.uk/ St Faith's Church, Kilsby]
* [http://www.kilsby.northants.sch.uk/ Kilsby School]
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