Allerby

Allerby
Houses at Allerby
Allerby is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Allerby
Allerby
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Allerby is located in Cumbria
Allerby
Allerby
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY0839
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGTON
Postcode districtCA7
Dialling code01900
PoliceCumbria
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54°44′N 3°26′W / 54.73°N 3.43°W / 54.73; -3.43

Allerby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Oughterside and Allerby, 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

  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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