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Jurby

Jurby

Jurby is one of the seventeen parishes of the . It is located in the north-west of the island in the sheading of Michael. Jurby has the same meaning as , both originating from the Scandinavian term for a deer farm or park; 'djúra-bý.' The earliest known reference to Jurby comes from 1291, when it appears as 'Dureby,' but by 1588 it had morphed into being today's Jurby.
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  • Type: Village with 776 residents
  • Description: Parish of the Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “Jourbee”
Photo: Andrew Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jurby Transport Museum and Jurby Terminal Building, Jurby Industrial Estate.

Museum
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The is a transport museum in Jurby on the occupying a former aircraft hangar. The museum is operated by a group of volunteers who are members of the Manx Transport Trust.

Historic building
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic building.

Prison
is a mixed-use prison located in the Jurby parish of the . The prison is operated by the Service and is the only functioning prison on the island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sulby and Andreas.

Village
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is a village in the . It is 4 miles from and is located in the parish of on the A3 road. is situated 5 km southeast of Jurby.

Village
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or Kirk is a village on the , lying in the north of the island, 5 km from the island's second town, . There is a large, and nowadays little used, airfield in the vicinity. is situated 5 km east of Jurby.

Village
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is a small village in the in the parish of the same name, in the sheading of Michael. It is the only village in the parish. The parish adjoins Jurby to the north, to the east, Michael to the south and south-west, and the to the west. is situated 6 km south of Jurby.

Jurby

Latitude
54.36009° or 54° 21′ 36″ north
Longitude
-4.51919° or 4° 31′ 9″ west
Population
776
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IM JBY
Open location code
9C6Q9F6J+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4498568404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3042224
Wiki­data ID
Q2734559
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Jurby” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Jurby”
  • Cebuano: “Jurby”
  • Chinese: “朱比”
  • Dutch: “Jurby”
  • French: “Jurby”
  • Irish: “Ceann Dheurbaí”
  • Irish: “Jorby”
  • Irish: “Jurby”
  • Italian: “Jurby”
  • Japanese: “ジャービー”
  • Manx: “Jorby”
  • Manx: “Jurby”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jurby”
  • Norwegian: “Jurby”
  • Swedish: “Jurby”

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Highlights include Isle Of Man Motor Museum and Jurby Parish Hall.

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