Kirby Sigston

Manor House, Kirby Sigston
St Lawrence Church, Kirby Sigston

Kirby Sigston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England approximately four miles from Northallerton. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Winton, Stank and Hallikeld. The parish contains the hamlet of Jeater Houses due east of the village on the trunk A19 road.

Sigston Castle

To the north is the site of Sigston Castle, a fourteenth-century quadrangular castle, surrounded by a now largely dry moat. South of Sigston Castle, located next to the Manor House(a British Listed Building) is the St Lawrence church which is surrounded by farmland.

Kirby Sigston is referenced in The Mountain Goats' song "Going to Kirby Sigston".

Notable people

The Conservative MP for Richmond and surrounding areas, Rishi Sunak currently lives in Kirby Sigston.

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Coordinates: 54°21′N 1°21′W / 54.350°N 1.350°W / 54.350; -1.350


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