In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harraby like this:

HARRABY, a township in Carlisle-St. Cuthbert parish, Cumberland; on the river Caldew and on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 1¼ mile SE of Carlisle. Acres, 604. Real property, £2,289. Pop., 73. Houses, 11.

Harraby through time

Harraby is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Harraby itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harraby in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24534

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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