Kilby Bridge

Kilby Bridge
Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
Harborough
Website	Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°34′03″N 1°06′05″W / 52.567551°N 1.101521°W / 52.567551; -1.101521

Kilby Bridge is a hamlet on the A5199 Welford Road south of the city of Leicester in the borough of Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, England. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 census was 36.^[1]

Geography

Kilby Bridge forms part of the borough of

0.63 miles (1.01 km) to the south. The hamlet has two bridges that take the Welford Road over the River Sence and the Grand Union Canal. The third bridge takes the Midland Main Line railway over the Welford Road to the north of the hamlet.

History

Mention of a stone bridge over the River Sence at Kilby Bridge can be found in records dating back to the late 13th century (c. 1282-92). Originally written as Stanbrig or Stanbric (Stone Bridge) on the river, the bridge is listed in what was then known as Kilby gate (the road to Kilby) in the Broad Meadow up to at least 1731.^[2] The Grand Union Canal arrived in the early 1790s^[3] and the railway line arrived in the mid 1850s.^[4]

Today

The commercial activities of the area include a canal side

, and a car dealership.

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