Johnby is a hamlet in the

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district, in the English county of

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. It is about from the large town of Penrith and about from the village of Greystoke. The

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, the B5288 road, the

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and the

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are all nearby. Circa 1870, it had a population of 92 as recorded in the

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. To the south of the hamlet is Johnby Hall, a fortified house incorporating a

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dating probably from the 14th Century, with alterations and extensions in every century since.

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Cumbria County History Trust: Greystoke
(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
johnbyhall.co.uk
Hamlets in Cumbria Greystoke, Cumbria Inglewood Forest {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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