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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Firby like this:
FIRBY, a township in Westow parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent and the Scarborough railway, 4¼ miles SW of Malton. Pop., 51. Houses, 7. Firby Hall is the seat of the Harrisons.
Firby 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 Firby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Firby, in North Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12583
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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