Population 78 (2001) Civil parish Ireby Country England Shire county Lancashire Dialling code 015242 | OS grid reference SD654754 Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom District City of Lancaster UK parliament constituency Morecambe and Lunesdale | |
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Ireby is a small hamlet and civil parish on the edge of Lancashire, England, bordering North Yorkshire. It lies in the City of Lancaster, just outside the Yorkshire Dales, near the community of Masongill. The parish had a population of 78 according to the 2001 Census. By the time of the census 2011 the parish had been merged with Uldale to form a new civil parish of Ireby and Uldale(qv). The name means "Town of the Irish Vikings".
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Map of Ireby, Carnforth, UK
Parish and county
Ireby, Lancashire, was formerly included in the parish of Thornton in Lonsdale 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.