Little Asby

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{{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 =

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| 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

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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".[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 A chapel at the site (St Leonard's Chapel), of which little remains, is the main reason that the village was built.

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.[http://www.fld.org.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/little-asby.html Little Asby Common] on the Friends of the Lake District website In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Asbian' derives its name from Little Asby Scar.Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43