Springfield in Ireby, North Lancashire is a stone-built cottage in the quiet hamlet of Ireby in the tip of North Lancashire. Renovated and extended in 2005, it now provides a high quality holiday home from which to explore and visit the surrounding area of outstanding natural beauty in North Lancashire.The cottage retains several original
features of character.
With no shop, pub or restaurant in the hamlet, a stay here offers a real “away-from-it-all” relaxing holiday. Your own transport is, therefore, essential. It is an ideal location from which to explore the Lake District, Border region around Hadrian’s Wall, Yorkshire Dales as well as the coastal area around Morecambe Bay. It is also a popular area for walking, fishing, caving and golf.
Ireby (meaning the “town of the Irish
Vikings”) has a population of approximately 90 people
and is thought to have been settled by Norse sheep farmers
from Ireland. Ireby is also mentioned in the Doomsday Book
and is thought to have connections dating back to 1292 to
the Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
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