Raby, Merseyside

For other places with the same name, see Raby (disambiguation).
Raby
—  Hamlet  —

Raby
Raby
 Raby shown within Merseyside
Population 100 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ309799
   – London  175 mi (282 km)[2] SE
Metropolitan boroughWirral
Metropolitan county Merseyside
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WIRRAL
Postcode district CH63
Dialling code 0151
ISO 3166 code GB-WRL
Police Merseyside
Fire Merseyside
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentWirral South
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside

Coordinates: 53°18′43″N 3°02′17″W / 53.312°N 3.038°W / 53.312; -3.038

Raby (local /ˈreɪbi/) is a hamlet located within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is located at the south-central part of the Wirral Peninsula, within the Clatterbridge Ward in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Raby had a total population of 100.[1]

Raby is very near to Merseyside's boundary with Cheshire.[3] The hamlet of Raby Mere is located two miles to the east.

History

The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Ra-byr, meaning 'boundary settlement'.[4] It is believed to be so named because it lay close to the boundary which existed in the 10th and 11th centuries between the Norse colony in Wirral to the north, centred on Thingwall, and Anglo-Saxon Mercia to the south.[5]

Raby was a township in Neston Parish of the Wirral Hundred with a population of 131 in 1801, 195 in 1851, 350 in 1901 and 308 in 1951.[6]

Community

Raby is a rural community, comprising a few houses, two farms and an old, thatched public house, the 'Wheatsheaf', which is well known in the locality. The pub is owned by the Leverhulme Estate, which owns much land locally.

Raby, along with the neighbouring villages of Brimstage and Thornton Hough, are within an Area of Special Landscape Value, a protective designation to preserve the character and appearance of the area. This is part of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.[7]

The parish church is All Saints Church, Thornton Hough. The local primary school is Thornton Hough Primary.

Bus

Services operating in the Raby Area as of 2015:

Number Route Operator Days of operation
85 Clatterbridge Hospital - Heswall Avon Buses Monday - Saturday

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Wirral 2001 Census: Raby". Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  2. ↑ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". boulter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-3.03800&GridN=53.31200&lon=-3.03800&lat=53.31200&search_result=Raby%2C%20Merseyside&db=freegaz&keepicon=true&lang=&place=Raby%2C%20Merseyside&pc=&advanced=&client=public&addr2=&quicksearch=raby&addr3=&scale=100000&addr1=
  4. ↑ Sulley, Philip (1889). The Hundred Of Wirral.
  5. ↑ Roberts, Stephen J. (2002). A History of Wirral. The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-86077-512-3.
  6. ↑ "Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Raby". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  7. ↑ "Brimstage, Raby & Thornton Hough: A Strategy for Change Management" (PDF). Thornton Hough Community Trust. p. 28. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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