A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
JURBY, a parish in the Isle of Man; on the NW coast, 7½ miles WNW of Ramsey. It has a post office under Douglas, Isle of Man. Length, 4 miles; breadth, 3¼ miles. Pop., 911. Houses, 164. The name is a corruption of Jorabyr or Ivorby, and signifies "Ivar's village." A large white quartz boulder lies on drift gravel near the church. A remarkable fragment of a Runic monument is in the parsonage garden. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sodor and Man. Value, £170. * Patron, the Bishop of Sodor and Man.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | the Isle of Man CrProt |
| Place: | Jurby |
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