Little Asby
| Little Asby | |
 Cottage, Little Asby |
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  Little Asby |
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| OS grid reference | NY697097 |
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| Civil parish | Asby |
| District | Eden |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND |
| Postcode district | CA16 |
| Dialling code | 015396 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Penrith and The Border |
Coordinates: 54°28′52″N 2°28′01″W / 54.481°N 2.467°W
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".[1] A chapel at the site (St Leonard’s Chapel), of which little remains, is the main reason that the village was built.[1]
Just outside the village, to the west, is Little Asby Common, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation because of the plant species that inhabit the limestone pavement areas, as well as the limestone geology of the area.[2] In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Asbian' derives its name from Little Asby Scar.[3]
Sources
- 1 2 Little Asby at the Cumbria Directory
- ↑ Little Asby Common on the Friends of the Lake District website
- ↑ Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43
External links
Media related to Little Asby at Wikimedia Commons
- Little Asby Village website