Little Asby

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Little Asby
Westmorland

Cottage, Little Asby
Location
Grid reference: NY697097
Location: 54°30’45"N, 2°22’21"W
Data
Post town: Appleby In Westmorland
Postcode: CA16
Dialling code: 015396
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Little Asby is a small village in Westmorland. Its name is said to be derived from the Old Norse words askr, meaning "ash", and by, meaning "farm".

A chapel at the site (St Leonard's Chapel), of which little remains, was the core around which the village first grew.

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.[1] In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Asbian' derives its name from Little Asby Scar.[2]

See also

Outside links

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References

  1. Little Asby Common on the Friends of the Lake District website
  2. Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43