Moresby, Cumbria

Moresby

Low Moresby looking towards Lowca
Moresby
 Moresby shown within Cumbria
Population 1,997 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY9919
Civil parishMoresby
DistrictCopeland
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WHITEHAVEN
Postcode district CA 28
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCopeland
List of places
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Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°33′36″N 3°33′04″W / 54.560°N 3.551°W / 54.560; -3.551

Moresby is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England. It had a population of 1,280 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census.[1] Moresby sits on Cumbria's west coast. Moresby contains Moresby Hall which is one of only three Grade I listed buildings in Copeland.[2] The name of the hall and the village is thought to come from a family who settled in the area.

Etymology

The " 'bȳ of Maurice'... a saint popular on the continent." [3] 'Bȳ' is Old English from the Old Norse 'býr', meaning 'hamlet', 'village'.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward is not the complete area of Moresby parish and at the 2011 Census had a population of 1,448.[4]

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. Office for National Statistics: Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Copeland Retrieved 23 November 2010
  3. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xxi. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 421.
  4. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 June 2015.

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