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Kilby is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It is the easternmost village in the district, and is 6 miles south east of Leicester. Nearby places are Fleckney, Arnesby, Wistow and Kilby Bridge.
In the 1870s Kilby was described as "KILBY, a parish, with a village, in Blaby district, Leicestershire; on a branch of the river Soar, and on the Union canal, 2 miles SSE of Wigston railway station, and 6½ SSE of Leicester. Post town, Wigston, under Leicester. Acres, 1,060. Real property, £2,200.Population, 362. Houses, 95."
Kilby is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England.
Kilby may also refer to:
Kilby is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Arthur Forbes Gordon Kilby, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Barry Kilby, Chairman of Burnley Football Club in the UK
- Brian Kilby, British marathon runner
- Jack St. Clair Kilby, American electrical engineer, inventor of the integrated circuit, and Nobel Laureate
- Richard Kilby, English scholar and priest
- Thomas Erby Kilby, Governor of Alabama in 1919-23
- Tommy Kilby, American politician
Given name:
- Kilby MacDonald, hockey player
- Kilby Snow (1905–1980), American musician