Kirby Hill, historically also known as Kirby-on-the-Hill,[1] is a village and civil parish in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.

Several other features were added in the 14th century, including the vestry, the north aisle, the south porch, several new windows, and the west tower (built in 1397).

One is inscribed with the phrase Venite exultemus domino[1] (Latin for "Let us come and praise the Lord", a quotation from Psalm 95), “SS 1664” (the year the bell was added), and the initials of the master founder, Samuel Smith of York.

[8] Dr John Dakyn, a 16th-century vicar of Kirby Ravensworth, left a legacy to fund the establishment of a grammar school in the village.

[1] Notable alumni of the grammar school include Matthew Hutton (1693–1758), who was born in the village and was made archbishop of Canterbury in 1757;[11] the astronomer William Lax (1761–1836)[12] and the antiquarian and the topographer James Raine (1791–1858).