Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Allerby - geograph.org.uk - 1498817.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Houses at Allerby |
Coordinates: | 54.73°N -3.43°W |
Official Name: | Allerby |
Civil Parish: | Oughterside and Allerby |
Unitary England: | Cumberland |
Lieutenancy England: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Workington |
Post Town: | WIGTON |
Postcode District: | CA7 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 01900 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY0839 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Allerdale |
Allerby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Oughterside and Allerby, Cumbria, England.
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". (English, Old (ca.450-1100);: Bȳ is Old English from the Old Norse Norse, Old: býr, meaning 'village' or 'hamlet'.)