  kilburn is a village and civil parish in north yorkshire, england. it lies on the edge of the north york moors national park, and  north of easingwold. ==history== the village is mentioned in the domesday book as "chileburne" in the yalestre hundred. at the time of the norman invasion the lord of the manor was arnketil, but was subsequently granted to hugh, son of baldric. during the reign of henry i the manor was passed to rouen cathedral in normandy and subsequently to roger de mowbray, before ending with the archbishop of york after the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century. kilburn was historically a township and parish in the wapentake of birdforth in the north riding of yorkshire. after 1837 it was part of the thirsk and helmsley poor law unions. the parish, which covered  acres, comprised kilburn, oldstead, thorpe-le-willows, and wass, of which kilburn had the largest population. the etymology of the name comes form two old english words, ciele & burna, meaning "cool stream". robert de alneto, a monk from whitby abbey lived in a hermitage at hood grange,  from the village. in 1138 robert de mowbray converted it into a cistercian abbey, which later moved to old byland and subsequently moved again to byland. ==governance== the village lies within the thirsk and malton uk parliament constituency. it also lies within the stillington, north yorkshire electoral division of north yorkshire county council and the white horse ward of hambleton district council. the local parish council has five members. ==geography== the village consists of high kilburn the former situated on a hillside and low kilburn in the valley on the banks of a s
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