Asby
Asby is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it includes the villages of Great Asby and Little Asby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 302 residents
- Description: civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Asby (civil parish), Cumbria”, “Asby, Cumbria”, “Asby, Eden”, and “Asby, Westmorland and Furness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and Hollin Stump round cairn.
Hollin Stump round cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hollin Stump round cairn is an archaeological site.
Castle Folds
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Folds or Castlesteads was a Romano-British walled settlement on Great Asby Scar – an area of limestone pavement in the parish of Asby, Cumbria, England. Castle Folds is situated 2½ miles southwest of Asby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Asby and Little Asby.
Great Asby
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Asby is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is located approximately 15 miles south east of Penrith and approximately 5 miles south of Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Little Asby
Hamlet
Photo: Gillian Rimington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Asby is a small village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, its name is said to be derived from the Norse words askr, meaning "ash", and by, meaning "farm".
Drybeck
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drybeck is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hoff, located in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is near the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Drybeck is situated 2½ miles north of Asby.
Asby
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Asby” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Asby”
- Chinese: “Asby”
- Dutch: “Asby”
- French: “Asby”
- Irish: “Asby”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Asby (Cumbria)”
- Polish: “Asby”
- Swedish: “Asby, Eden”
- Swedish: “Asby”
- Thai: “แอสบี”
- Turkish: “Asby, Eden”
- Welsh: “Asby Eden”
- Welsh: “Asby”
- “Asby”
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Highlights include Fell Head and Little Asby Scar.
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