Kirkby Ireleth
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| Kirkby Ireleth | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 View over Kirkby in Furness from Kirkby Moor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD2282 |
| Location: | 54°13’55"N, 3°11’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,174 (2011) |
| Post town: | Kirkby in Furness |
| Postcode: | LA17 |
| Dialling code: | 01229 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Barrow and Furness |
Kirkby Ireleth is a parish in the Furness part of Lancashire. For civil purposes it includes the villages of Angerton, Grizebeck and Kirkby in Furness; and the hamlets of Beanthwaite, Beck Side, Chapels, Soutergate, Wall End and Woodland. It has a population of 1,247,[1] falling to 1,174 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Notable people
- Barnet Burns (1805–1860), sailor and one of the New Zealand's first Pākehā Māori
- Margaret Fell (1614–1702), theologian and co-founder of Quakerism
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- ↑ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Retrieved 26 October 2010
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125300&c=LA17+7AB&d=16&e=62&g=6412246&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1433861747014&enc=1. Retrieved 9 June 2015.