Jurby ({{lang-gv|Jourbee}}) is a parish in Michael Sheading on the Isle of Man. The parish is one of three administrative divisions of the sheading of Michael. The other two are Ballaugh and Michael.

Demographics

The Isle of Man census of 2016 returned a parish population of 776, a decrease of 2.7% from the figure of 797 in 2011.^[1]

Geography

The parish of Jurby, which lies on the north-western coast of the island, borders those of Andreas to the east, Lezayre to the south-east, and Ballaugh to the south. It is low-lying overall: the highest elevations are some coastal dunes with a height of up to 39 metres.

There is an industrial park on the old RAF Jurby Airfield, but otherwise the district is almost entirely agricultural. Apart from the Jurby airfield buildings, there are no significant settlements in the parish.

Landmarks

Airfield

Jurby Airfield was originally used as a Royal Air Force training base in World War II. During the 1950s it was used as a training camp for Officer cadets on short term commissions in the RAF. The course lasted three months. Part of the airfieldis now used as an industrial and retail estate. The old runways and taxiways now form the Jurby motorcycle race track.

The grassland surrounding the airfield harbours a fine range of wildflowers, as the land has never been ploughed. Skylarks can be heard in summer when there are no races on. A large part of the airfield therefore has statutory protection under the Wildlife Act 1990 as an Area of Special Scientific Importance.{{cn|date=June 2016}}

Museums

A museum dedicated to transport in the Island, the Jurby Transport Museum, is housed in an old aircraft hangar.

Another museum nearby, the Isle of Man Motor Museum, was officially opened by the Lieutenant Governor on 22 May, 2015.^[2][3]

Church

A tiny 8th century chapel dedicated to St Cecilia (the patron saint of music), was Jurby's first recorded church. St Cecilia's Day on 22 November was the parish festival day. There are several Viking carved crosses and gravestones within the church. Medieval objects have occasionally been excavated when new graves were prepared in the church grounds.

In medieval times the church was part of the Whithorn diocese in SW Scotland. This caused some political trouble when the English and Scots were at war; the Bishop invited the Scottish clergy of Jurby to visit him and was criticised by English authorities for fraternising with the enemy.

The present St. Patrick's Church, Jurby was built during the war with help of RAF Jurby. There are a number of war graves, for British, Commonwealth and Polish servicemen. They died mostly from aircraft training accidents.

The church is set on a headland on the coast and there are dramatic views south to Peel, north to Scotland, and inland across the rural north of the Island, towards the hills. There are also fine sunsets towards Ireland.

Prison

The Isle of Man Prison operated by the Isle of Man Prison Service is located at Jurby.

Treens

Jurby was historically subdivided into five treens:^[4]

1. Sertfell
2. Knoksewell
3. Dalyott
4. Slekby
5. Le Soulby

See also

• RAF Jurby Head, an offshore air weapons range operational between 1939 and 1993

Gallery

References

• [//web.archive.org/web/20081031033703/http://www.braddan.gov.im/upload/map%20of%20local%20districts%20and%20parishes.pdf Isle of Man Building Control Districts] showing parish boundaries
• [//web.archive.org/web/20081121005609/http://great.outdoors.com/manxglens Glenology - Manx Glens]. An ongoing study of Manx glens, their locations and meanings.

External links

• A Manx Notebook
• [//web.archive.org/web/20160701213018/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/isleofman.aspx GeoHive Census Information]
• RAF Jurby Airfield
• {{cite news|url=http://www.iomguide.com/news/general-news.php?story=100217|publisher=Isle of Man Guide|title=New Prison|date=6 September 2005}}
• [//web.archive.org/web/20131218204501/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2111490/JURBY%20(ST.%20PATRICK)%20CHURCHYARD Jurby Church Air Force war graves]
• Map of Jurby showing subdivision into treens
• Website of the Isle of Man Motor Museum

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