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Carby

Carby Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire): habitational name from Careby in Lincolnshire which is named with the Old English personal name Kári + bȳ ‘farmstead village’. Swedish and Danish: habitational name from any of the places in Sweden and Denmark named Karby from karl ‘(free)man’ + býr ‘village’. Possibly an Americanized form of German Gerbig .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
CareyDarbyCorbyCanbySaxbyNorbyKirbyHartyCarboCardy
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Haxby

Haxby Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Haxby (North Yorkshire) from the Old Norse personal name Hákr (genitive Háks) + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead village’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
SaxbyHambyHubbyHartyMaxeyHayCarbyHamblyNasbyCanby
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https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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Kirby

Kirby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead village’. Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’ a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick . Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’ a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo. Americanized form of French Corbeil or of its cognate Corbeille which is in North America (also) an altered form of the former name.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
IrbyKilbyCorbyWilbyFurbyBigbyKirkebyWisbyCarbyKibby
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Daulby / Dalby

Daulby Name Meaning
See Dalby
Dalby Name Meaning
Norwegian Danish and northern English: habitational name from any of various places called Dalby named with Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ + bȳ ‘farm settlement’. The English surname is common in Yorkshire where it derives mainly from Dalby in North Yorkshire but similarly named places in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire are also possible sources. In Norway it is common as a farm name. See also Dahlby
Dahlby Name Meaning
Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a Norwegian farm name or Danish placename both derived from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ + býr ‘farmstead’.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Darby, Dahlby, Danby, Saxby, Carby, Welby, Maltby, Selby, Milby
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Computer Maintenance

In normal use, computers become cluttered with unused data, temporary files and bits of information scattered about the disc drives. Procedures such as Disc Defragmentation and Disc Clean-up alleviate this problem. Defragmentation is usually automated in Windows7 and 8 so can be ignored, but both operations can be accessed and checked. Disc Clean-up needs to be done manually - but only occasionally.

Hardly any software is completely free of weaknesses which malware can eventually exploit. Software also becomes out of date or needs new features adding. For these reasons it is essential to keep Windows up to date and the best way to do this is to ensure it is done automatically.

Scheduling automatic updates should also ensure your Windows Firewall is always on but this can be checked within the Security drop-down inside the Action Centre which is accessed via the Systems and Security section of the Control Panel (or just search for Firewall).

Anti-virus sofware is used to protect computers against malware attack and must always be kept up to date but can never be 100% effective. For this reason it is a good idea also to regularly scan with a malware removal tool - to 'catch the ones that got away'.

Advertising 'pop-ups' are not neccessarily malware - but can be an annoying nuisance. Some pop-up ads are malicious browser extensions added when you install other free software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that have adware bundled into the installation.

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Harrogate District Sites and Polices Development Plan

PUBLIC CONSULTATION: 10 MAY - 21 JUNE 2013

This is a formal consultation and the final opportunity to comment on the implications for Hampsthwaite of the Sites and Policies DPD (development control policies, site allocations and proposals map) before the draft plan is submitted to the Secretary of State for Independent Examination.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PREVIOUS RESPONSES DO NOT COUNT AND, IF YOU WISH YOUR VIEWS TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST RESPOND AGAIN USING THE  'CONSULTATION REPRESENTATION FORM' LISTED BELOW.


COMPLETED RESPONSES WHICH ARE TAKEN TO OUR POST OFFICE BEFORE 11.00am ON FRIDAY 21st JUNE WILL BE DELIVERED BY HAND ON YOUR BEHALF


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Staying Safe Online

The first priority is to ensure your computer is kept up to date and is well protected with regularly updated anti-virus software. Also don’t store your banking passwords on your computer and change passwords regularly - just in case

Beyond that, staying safe online is largely a matter of being careful what you click on and what you plug into your computer or connect it to. Malware (a general term for all kinds of ‘malicious software’) can only enter a computer via:

  • an email attachment,
  • by being downloaded from a website
  • via connection with an infected device or system - e.g. a USB stick or a compromised network such as in a public cyber cafe.
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