Johnby

Johnby
Johnby
	Johnby Hall
	Johnby Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY433329
Civil parish	Greystoke;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	017684
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°41′17″N 2°52′44″W / 54.688°N 2.879°W

Johnby is a hamlet in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) from the large town of Penrith and about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Greystoke. The B5305 road, the B5288 road, the A66 road and the M6 motorway are all nearby. Circa 1870, it had a population of 92 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.^[1]

To the south of the hamlet is Johnby Hall, a fortified house or peel tower dating probably from the 14th Century, with alterations and extensions in every century since.^[2]

References

^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for JOHNBY". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
^ "Johnby Hall". Historic England. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

External links

johnbyhall.co.uk

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[1] "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for JOHNBY". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

[HistEng-2] "Johnby Hall". Historic England. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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