# Little Asby

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{{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](/source/Asby%2C_Westmorland_and_Furness)
|unitary_england= [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness)
|lieutenancy_england= [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria)
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [Westmorland and Lonsdale](/source/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| 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](/source/Cumbria)
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}}

'''Little Asby''' is a small village in [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England. [Historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) part of [Westmorland](/source/Westmorland), its name is said to be derived from the [Norse](/source/Old_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](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) and a [Special Area of Conservation](/source/Special_Area_of_Conservation) because of the plant species that inhabit the [limestone pavement](/source/limestone_pavement) areas, as well as the [limestone](/source/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](/source/chronostratigraphy), the British [sub-stage](/source/Stage_(stratigraphy)) of the [Carboniferous](/source/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](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Asby%2C_Westmorland_and_Furness)

==Sources==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Little Asby}}

* Little [http://asbyparish.org.uk/ Asby Village website]

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Category:Villages in Cumbria
Category:Westmorland and Furness

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