In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Jurby like this:
JURBY, a parish in the Isle of Man; on the NW coast, 7½ miles WNW of Ramsey. It has a post office under Douglas, Isle of Man. Length, 4 miles; breadth, 3¼ miles. Pop., 911. Houses, 164. The name is a corruption of Jorabyr or Ivorby, and signifies "Ivar's village." A large white quartz boulder lies on drift gravel near the church. A remarkable fragment of a Runic monument is in the parsonage garden. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sodor and Man. Value, £170. * Patron, the Bishop of Sodor and Man.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Jurby, in and the Isle of Man | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26254
Date accessed: 15th May 2024
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