Kirby

Kirby

Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:

* Kirby (character), a popular video game character
**"Kirby" (series), the video game series named after the character
**List of Kirby games
* , a TV series based on the video game character
* Kirby Company, the manufacturer of Kirby vacuum cleaners

Places

England

* Kirkby, Merseyside ( with a silent "k": IPA|/kɜː(r)bi/)
* Kirby Bedon, Norfolk
* Kirby Cane, Norfolk
* Kirby Cross, Essex
* Kirby Grindalythe, North Yorkshire
* Kirby Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
* Kirby Hill, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire
* Kirby Knowle, North Yorkshire
* Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire
* Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
* Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire
* Kirby Wiske, North Yorkshire
* Cold Kirby, North Yorkshire
* Horton Kirby, Kent
* Monks Kirby, Warwickshire
* West Kirby, Merseyside
* see also: Places named Kirkby

United States

* Kirby, Arizona
* Kirby, Arkansas
* Kirby, Georgia
* Kirby, Indiana
* Kirby, Ohio
* Kirby, Oklahoma
* Kirby, Pennsylvania
* Kirby, Texas
* Kirby, Vermont
* Kirby, West Virginia
* Kirby, Wyoming
* Upper Kirby, a commercial district in Houston, Texas

Canada

* Kirby, Ontario

People

* Kirby (surname), people with the surname Kirby.
* Kirby (given name), people with the given name Kirby

Also
* List of people with the surname Kirkby
* Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby (c. 1605-1670), English politician
* Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton of Kirby (1632-1706), English politician

Buildings, institutions or facilities

* Kirby Castle, a castle in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England
* Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house located near Corby, Northamptonshire, England
* Kirby Sports Center, a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
* Kirby's Mill, a flour mill located in Medford, New Jersey, USA
* Kirby College of Further Education, now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England
* Kirby Cross railway station, Essex, England
* Kirby Lake Airport, Alberta, Canada
* Kirby Park railway station, a defunct railway station in West Kirby, Merseyside, England


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