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Sulby is a place name that may refer to: *Sulby, Isle of Man **River Sulby, two rivers ** Sulby Glen ** Sulby Reservoir *Sulby, Northamptonshire Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Sibbertoft. The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement of Sula', 'farm/settlement with a po ... ** Sulby Reservoir, Northamptonshire See also * Soulby (other) {{Geodis ...
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Sulby, Isle Of Man
Sulby (; glv, Sulby) is a village in the parish of Kirk Christ Lezayre that is located on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey in the Isle of Man. Location Historically containing the ''Treen of the Curragh of Kirk Christ Lezayre'' and the ''Land of the Monks of Myrosco'', the village is situated at the southern edge of the island's northern alluvial plain; north of the island's northern hills; at the point where the Sulby River emerges from those hills. The old part of Sulby is situated at the junction between the A14 Tholt-y-Will Road and the B9 Claddagh Road (). This part of Sulby has a mill and a village green. The main part of the village is situated along the main A3 road between Close-e-Volley and Ginger Hall, centred on its junction with the A14. In this area there is a church, a post office, general stores, and an inn. Sulby has a primary school, a hotel and a large campsite in the river meadow of Sulby Claddagh. The village is dominated by the Sulby River, the Ballamana ...
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River Sulby
River Sulby can refer to one of two rivers on the Isle of Man: * The longest river on the island, rising on Snaefell near the Sulby Reservoir and running north through Sulby Glen and then east, for 18 kilometers, before reaching the coast at Ramsey It is crossed in Ramsey by the Victorian Ramsey swing bridge, built in 1892. * A tributary which rises to the west of Creg-ny-Baa __NOTOC__ Creg-ny-Baa (, ; 'rock of the cow') is located between the 3rd Milestone and 4th Milestone of the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road and the road junction with the secondary B12 'Creg-ny-Baa Back-Road', in the parish of Kirk Onchan i ..., and flows south-west for about 4 km before joining the River Glass. See also * List of rivers in the Isle of Man References Rivers of the Isle of Man {{IsleofMan-river-stub ...
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Sulby Glen
Sulby Glen is a partly wooded glen in the parish of Lezayre in the Isle of Man. It runs north to south and is about 5 km (3 miles) long. In places the floor of the glen is only 50 metres wide, with steep sides. The Sulby River rises in the nearby Snaefell Mountain foothills and flows through the glen, and it also contains the A14 road. At the top of the glen the river emerges from the Sulby Reservoir (the largest reservoir in the island, created in 1982). At the bottom of the glen, about 1 km south of the village of Sulby, the river emerges into the island's northern plain. By the riverside just below this point is Sulby Claddagh, a local beauty spot and camp site. A small side valley branching from Sulby Glen near Sulby Reservoir is occupied by Tholt-y-Will Glen, one of the officially-listed Manx National Glens Manx National Glens is a collective term for a series of glens in the Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentin ...
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Sulby Reservoir
The Sulby Reservoir is the largest reservoir or lake in the Isle of Man, with an area of . The reservoir Sulby is an impounding reservoir. The dam was completed in 1982 and has a rock-fill embankment high. The reservoir's capacity is and the maximum depth . The water flows to Sulby Water Treatment Works, from where it is pumped to consumers. Geography The reservoir is located at the top of Sulby Glen near the source of the Sulby River, the longest river on the island. It is at the foot of Druidale; Glen Crammag; the valley of the upper part of the Sulby River; and a fourth, unnamed minor valley, receiving water from all these rivers. It is at the junction of three parishes: Michael, Lezayre and Braddan. Sulby Reservoir is also about west of the summit of Snaefell, the island's highest peak. It is operated by the Isle of Man Water Authority. Use The reservoir supplies the northern half of the island, St Johns, Peel, Kirk Michael, Ballaugh, Andreas, Bride, Ramsey and Laxey. ...
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Sulby, Northamptonshire
Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Sibbertoft. The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement of Sula', 'farm/settlement with a post' or 'farm/settlement in a gully'. Sulby Reservoir lies to the south of the settlement. Rene Payne (1734–1799) bought Sulby Hall in 1792. The writer Violette Graham (later Violette, Lady Greville) was born at the hall in 1842. The hall was demolished in 1952. References External links Contact details for Sulbyparish meeting A parish meeting, in England, is a meeting to which all the electors in a civil parish are entitled to attend. In some cases, where a parish or group of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of a parish cou ... * Villages in Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ...
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Sulby Reservoir, Northamptonshire
Sulby Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire. Sulby Reservoir is the higher of a pair of reservoirs owned by the Canal & River Trust - the other being Welford Reservoir - that provide water to the summit level of the Grand Union Canal The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter st ... by way of the navigable Welford Arm. References External links * Canal reservoirs in England Reservoirs in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ...
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