Allerby

Allerby
Allerby
	Houses at Allerby
	Allerby Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY0839
Civil parish	Oughterside and Allerby;
District	Allerdale;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°44′N 3°26′W / 54.73°N 3.43°W

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.

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Oughterside & Allerby (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)

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[1] 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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