The entry refers to the area around North Kilvington that was owned by Earl Edwin at the time of the Norman invasion and then granted to the Crown.

[4] Thornbrough House in the parish of South Kilvington was home to Matthew Carter who died there in 1666 at the reported age of 112.

[6] South Kilvington lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency and the Hillside and Raskelf electoral division.

[15] St Wilfrid's church is thought to date from the reign of Henry III though Saxon cross fragments found in the churchyard indicate there may have been an older structure on the site.

[3][16] In 1618, John Bramhall, later Archbishop of Armagh within the Church of Ireland, was presented with the living at South Kilvington by Christopher Wandesford.