Allerby

Allerby
Allerby
	Houses at Allerby
	Allerby Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Allerby Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY0839
Civil parish	Oughterside and Allerby;
Unitary authority	Cumberland;
Ceremonial 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	Penrith and Solway;
	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, Cumbria, England.

Toponymy

Allerby was originally called "'Ailward's', that is 'Æðelward's, Crosby', afterwards reduced to 'Ailward's bȳ'." 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.

Allerby
Houses at Allerby
Allerby Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Allerby Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY0839
Civil parish	Oughterside and Allerby
Unitary authority	Cumberland
Ceremonial 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	Penrith and Solway
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°44′N 3°26′W / 54.73°N 3.43°W / 54.73; -3.43