Great Asby is a village in Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, England. It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south east of Penrith

Penrith, Cumbria

Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....

 and approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, in North West England. It is situated within a loop of the River Eden and has a population of approximately 2,500. It is in the historic county of Westmorland, of which it was the county town. The town's name was simply Appleby, until...

. Its name is said to be derived from the , meaning ash and by, meaning farm.

In present times the village is used mainly by the farming community.

The village’s church is St Peters Church, which was built between 1863 and 1866.

Geography

Asby Gill runs through the middle of Great Asby although this gill

Gill (stream)

Ghyll or Gill is used for a stream or narrow valley in the North of England and other parts of the United Kingdom. The word originates from the Old Norse Gil...

 tends more commonly to be dry except after heavy rain.

Located about 2+1/2 mi south west of the village is Great Asby Scar, which has been declared a National Nature Reserve

National Nature Reserve

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, partly due to its limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 geology and also the flora that grow in its limestone pavement

Limestone pavement

A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling block of paving...

areas.

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