Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.
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14 Facts About Kirkby
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Ownership of present-day Kirkby passed through a number of hands until 1596, when the Molyneux family purchased the hundred.
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Kirkby has been represented in Parliament by George Howarth since 1986.
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Kirkby was preceded by Robert Kilroy-Silk, Harold Soref and Harold Wilson .
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Kirkby is divided into four districts: Southdene, Westvale, Northwood and Tower Hill.
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Kirkby is 6 miles north-east of Liverpool, in Merseyside in North West England.
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Kirkby's population was on a gradual downward trend from 1861 to 1931 before it rose when the Liverpool Corporation began to develop the region.
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Several new stores have opened after Kirkby had been without a major supermarket for nearly 40 years.
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Kirkby Market was redeveloped, and reopened on 26 April 2014.
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Tesco Plans were a point of contention in the May 2008 local government election and a newly formed political party to fight the plans was formed known as 1st 4 Kirkby which missed out on gaining a council seat by 16 votes.
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Kirkby has 11 primary schools; Northwood Community Primary School is the newest and largest.
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The town's former football club Kirkby Town, was later renamed Knowsley United and was dissolved in 1997.
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Kirkby is served by the Knowsley PCT, and Aintree University Hospital is the nearest hospital.
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