Ireby is a small
hamlet
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and
civil parish
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on the edge of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, England, bordering
North Yorkshire
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. It lies in the
City of Lancaster
The City of Lancaster () is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area, which includes the to ...
, just inside the recently extended boundaries of the
Yorkshire Dales
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The Dales comprise river valleys and the hills rising from the Vale of York w ...
, near the community of
Masongill. The parish had a population of 78 according to the
2001 Census. In the 2011 census the parish was grouped with
Leck. The name means "Town of the Irish Vikings".
Parish and county
Ireby, Lancashire, was formerly included in the
parish
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of
Thornton in Lonsdale
Thornton in Lonsdale is a village and civil parish in the Craven District and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in England. It is very close to the border with Cumbria and Lancashire and is north of Ingleton and south-east of Kirkby Lons ...
despite Thornton being in Yorkshire. It was because this area was in the
Lonsdale Hundred that the founders of
the county of Lancashire claimed the left side of that parish including Ireby. This piece of Lancashire is c6km long and in width tapers from c2km to only about 100m.
[http://maps.familysearch.org/ Family Search, Historical Maps, England Jurisdictions 1851]
See also
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Listed buildings in Ireby, Lancashire
References
External links
Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of the City of Lancaster
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