Kiplin
KIPLIN, a township, in the parish of Catterick, union of Northallerton, wapentake of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 2¾ miles (E. S. E.) from Catterick; containing 114 inhabitants. It comprises about 1250 acres, the property and manor of the Earl of Tyrconnell, whose seat of Kiplin Hall is a handsome mansion, in an extensive park. The village, which is small, is seated in the picturesque and well-wooded vale of a rivulet. This was the birthplace of Sir G. Calvert, created Lord Baltimore in Ireland by James I., in the year 1624, and who established colonies in Newfoundland and Virginia.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.