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Kirkby Stephen

market town in Cumbria, England
Place town Q1838138
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Summary

Kirkby Stephen is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Westmorland and Furness[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: civil parish[5], market town[6]
  • Postal code: CA17[7]
  • Commons category: Kirkby Stephen[8]
  • Said to be the same as: Kirkby Stephen[9]
  • Local dialing code: 017683[10]
  • OS grid reference: NY7708[11]
  • Authority: Kirkby Stephen Town Council[12]
  • Official website: https://www.kirkby-stephen.com/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kirkby Stephen[14]
  • Population: 1894[15], 1832[16], 1822[17]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kirkby Stephen[18]
  • Historic county: Westmorland[19]

Why It Matters

Kirkby Stephen has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'lld', 'nl', 'nn'
    Gnd id → 7744214-3
    Sitelink count → 20
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Eden, Westmorland and Furness
    Official website → https://www.kirkby-stephen.com/
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Kirkby Stephen
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.4716, 'lon': -2.3479}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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