{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Little Asby - geograph.org.uk - 209917.jpg | static_image_caption = Cottage, Little Asby | coordinates = {{coord|54.481|-2.467|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Little Asby | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = Asby |unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness |lieutenancy_england= Cumbria | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale | post_town = APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND | postcode_district = CA16 | postcode_area = CA | dial_code = 015396 | os_grid_reference = NY697097 | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Eden | pushpin_map_caption = Location in former Eden District, Cumbria | label_position = }}
'''Little Asby''' is a small village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, its name is said to be derived from the Norse words ''askr'', meaning "ash", and ''by'', meaning "farm".<ref name="revisited">[http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/Little_Asby/Little_Asby.php Little Asby] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805115238/http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/Little_Asby/Little_Asby.php |date=2009-08-05 }} at the Cumbria Directory</ref> A chapel at the site (St Leonard's Chapel), of which little remains, is the main reason that the village was built.<ref name="revisited"/>
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.<ref>[http://www.fld.org.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/little-asby.html Little Asby Common] on the Friends of the Lake District website</ref> In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Asbian' derives its name from Little Asby Scar.<ref>Harland, W.B. 1990 ''A Geologic Time Scale 1989'', Cambridge University Press p43</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *Listed buildings in Asby, Westmorland and Furness
==Sources== {{reflist|1}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Little Asby}}
* Little [http://asbyparish.org.uk/ Asby Village website]
{{authority control}}
Category:Villages in Cumbria Category:Westmorland and Furness