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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barnby like this:
BARNBY, or East Barnby, a township in Lythe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 4½ miles WNW of Whitby. Acres, 1,435; of which 35 are water. Real property, £2,133. Pop., 247. Houses, 50.
Barnby is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barnby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barnby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11515
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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