Rickerby

Rickerby
Rickerby Village
Rickerby Rickerby shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY414570
Civil parish	Stanwix Rural
District	City of Carlisle
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARLISLE
Postcode district	CA3
Dialling code	01228
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°54′14″N 2°54′54″W / 54.904°N 2.915°W / 54.904; -2.915

Rickerby is a village in the parish of Stanwix Rural, in the City of Carlisle District, in the county of Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the River Eden. The property belonged to Richard de Tilliol of Scaleby Castle, whose descendant Adam de Rickerby (meaning Adam of Rickerby) resided here circa 1230. Rickerby Park is nearby.

References

Hutchinson, William, The History of the County of Cumberland and Some Places Adjacent from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time (Carlisle: F. Jollie, 1794.), 2:571

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