Moresby, Cumbria

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Moresby
Civil parish
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Moresby
Location in the former Copeland Borough
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Moresby
Location within Cumbria
Population1,997 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NY9919
Civil parish
  • Moresby
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WHITEHAVEN
Postcode district CA 28
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°33′36″N3°33′04″W / 54.560°N 3.551°W / 54.560; -3.551

Moresby is a civil parish in Cumbria, England. It had a population of 1,280 at the 2001 census, [2] increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census. [1] Most people live in Low Moresby on the east side of the A595, or Moresby Parks, a larger village south of Low Moresby.

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Toponymy

The " 'bȳ of Maurice'... a saint popular on the continent." [3] 'Bȳ' is Old Norse and means 'hamlet', 'village'.

Moresby Hall in Parton, close to Moresby, is a Grade I listed building. The name of the hall and the village is thought to come from a family who settled in the area.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Moresby Parish (E04010482)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Moresby Parish (16UE017)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 421.
  4. "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.