Ireby, Lancashire

Ireby

Over Hall
Ireby
Location in the City of Lancaster district
Ireby
Ireby shown within Lancashire
Population 78 (2001)
OS grid reference SD654754
Civil parish
  • Ireby
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARNFORTH
Postcode district LA6
Dialling code 015242
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Ireby is a small hamlet and civil parish on the edge of Lancashire, England, bordering North Yorkshire. It lies in the City of Lancaster, just inside the recently extended boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales, near the community of Masongill. The parish had a population of 78 according to the 2001 Census.[1] The name means "Town of the Irish Vikings".[2]

Parish and county

Ireby, Lancashire, was formerly included in the parish of Thornton in Lonsdale despite Thornton being in Yorkshire. It was because this area was in the Lonsdale Hundred that the founders of the county of Lancashire claimed the left side of that parish including Ireby. This piece of Lancashire is c6km long and in width tapers from c2km to only about 100m.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Lancaster Retrieved 12 February 2010
  2. ↑ Ireby, Lancashire, England near Cowan Bridge & Leck
  3. ↑ http://maps.familysearch.org/ Family Search, Historical Maps, England Jurisdictions 1851

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