Kirby Grindalythe is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Ryedale

Ryedale

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, and Terrington.-Derivation of name:...

 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. It is located about eight miles south east of Malton

Malton, North Yorkshire

Malton is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 4,000 people....

. The name of the village is derived from Old Norse. Kirby kirkiubỹr means "village with a church", the Grindal element is a distortion of Crandale, meaning "valley with cranes" and lythe is from Old Norse "hlíõ" meaning slope.

Kirby Grindalythe village has a resident population of roughly fifty. There are no shops, and the nearest town is Malton. The village is the location of the Cranedale Centre, a residential Field Studies Centre providing courses in environmental subjects and outdoor education to people of all ages. The church of St Andrew's at Kirby Grindalythe is on the Sykes Churches Trail

Sykes Churches Trail

The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

 having been restored by Sir Tatton Sykes in 1872–5 and again more recently after a grant of about £175,000 from English Heritage. The church is now a Grade II* listed building.

The civil parish of Kirby Grindalythe, which includes the village of Duggleby

Duggleby

Duggleby is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. To the south-east of the village is Duggleby Howe one of the largest round barrows in Britain. The civil parish of Kirby Grindalythe, which includes the village of Duggleby , had a population of 247 people living in 92...

, had a population of 247 people living in 92 households at the time of the last census in 2001.

High Mowthorpe

Also in the civil parish is the former hamlet of High Mowthorpe (54.10819°N 0.64231°W
), which is now an ADAS farm and arable research centre. The farm is a mixed arable and livestock farm, covering 437 hectares (1,079.8 acre) with 97 hectares (239.7 acre) managed organically. Laboratory and glasshouse facilities are located on the site as well as a weather station providing data to the Met Office

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High Mowthorpe is also the home of ADAS Pest Evaluation Services, which processes approximately 4,000 soil and plant samples annually to determine pest and disease levels.