Allerby
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Allerby | |
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![]() Houses at Allerby | |
OS grid reference | NY0839 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WIGTON |
Postcode district | CA7 |
Dialling code | 01900 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Allerby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Oughterside and Allerby, Allerdale district, Cumbria, England.
Etymology
Allerby was originally called " 'Ailward's', that is 'Æðelward's, Crosby', afterwards reduced to 'Ailward's bȳ'."[1] So, "the village or hamlet of Ailward". (Bȳ is Old English from the Old Norse býr, meaning 'village' or 'hamlet'.)
References
- ^ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 306.
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- Cumbria County History Trust: Oughterside & Allerby (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)