Kirkby Ireleth
Appearance
Kirkby Ireleth | |
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View over Kirkby in Furness from Kirkby Moor | |
Location within Cumbria | |
Population | 1,174 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SD2282 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KIRKBY IN FURNESS |
Postcode district | LA17 |
Dialling code | 01229 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Kirkby Ireleth is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Angerton, Grizebeck and Kirkby in Furness; and the hamlets of Beanthwaite, Beck Side, Chapels, Soutergate, Wall End and Woodland. The parish has a population of 1,247,[1] falling to 1,174 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Notable people
- Barnet Burns (1805–1860), sailor and one of the New Zealand's first Pākehā Māori
- Margaret Fell (1614–1702), theologian and co-founder of Quakerism
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Retrieved 26 October 2010
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 June 2015.