Allerby

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Allerby
Houses at Allerby
Allerby Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Allerby Location within Cumbria Show map of AllerdaleShow map of CumbriaShow all
OS grid reference	NY0839
Civil parish	Oughterside and Allerby
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°44′N 3°26′W / 54.73°N 3.43°W / 54.73; -3.43Coordinates: 54°44′N 3°26′W / 54.73°N 3.43°W / 54.73; -3.43

Allerby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Oughterside and Allerby, Allerdale district, Cumbria, England.

Etymology[]

Allerby was originally called " 'Ailward's', that is 'Æðelward's, Crosby', afterwards reduced to 'Ailward's bȳ'."^[1] So, "the village or hamlet of Ailward". (Bȳ is Old English from the Old Norse býr, meaning 'village' or 'hamlet'.)

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• Cumbria County History Trust: Oughterside & Allerby (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)

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