In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scotby like this:
SCOTBY, a township-chapelry in Wetheral parish, Cumberland; on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 2½ miles E of Carlisle. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Carlisle. Acres, 1, 672. Real property, £4, 282. Pop., 520. Houses, 113. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £67. Patrons, Trustees. The church is good; and there are a Quakers' chapel and a village school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Wetheral
Scotby through time
Scotby is now part of Carlisle district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carlisle has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scotby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scotby, in Carlisle and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25943
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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