Ireby, Lancashire

Ireby, Lancashire

infobox UK place
latitude= 54.173506
longitude= -2.529339
official_name= Ireby
map_type= Lancashire
population= 78
civil_parish= Ireby
os_grid_reference= SD654754
shire_district= City of Lancaster
shire_county= Lancashire
region= North West England
country= England
post_town= CARNFORTH
postcode_area= LA
postcode_district= LA6
dial_code= 015242
constituency_westminster=

Ireby is a small hamlet and civil parish on the edge of Lancashire, England, bordering North Yorkshire. It lies in the City of Lancaster district, just outside the Yorkshire Dales, near the community of Masongill. The parish had a population of 78 according to the 2001 Census. [http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf] The name means "Town of the Irish Vikings". [ [http://www.nyt.co.uk/ireby.htm Ireby, Lancashire, England near Cowan Bridge & Leck ] ]

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