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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, England, bordering
North Yorkshire
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. It lies in the
City of Lancaster
The City of Lancaster, or simply ''Lancaster'' (), is a non-metropolitan district, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, Lanca ...
, just inside the recently extended boundaries of the
Yorkshire Dales
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, near the community of
Masongill
Masongill is a small community on the western edge of the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village, in the Yorkshire Dales, lies near the border of Lancashire to the west, and the nearby hamlet of Ireby.
Until 1974 it was part of the ...
. 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 county of North Yorkshire in England. The village is very close to the boundaries with Cumbria and Lancashire and is about north-west of Ingleton and south-east of Kirkby Lonsdale. ...
despite Thornton being in Yorkshire. It was because this area was in the
Lonsdale Hundred
The Lonsdale Hundred is a historic hundred of Lancashire, England. Although named after the dale or valley of the River Lune, which runs through the city of Lancaster, for centuries it covered most of the north-western part of Lancashire arou ...
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.
[https://maps.familysearch.org/ Family Search, Historical Maps, England Jurisdictions 1851]
See also
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Listed buildings in Ireby, Lancashire
Ireby is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains five listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade& ...
References
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Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of the City of Lancaster
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