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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Etterby like this:
ETTERBY, a township in Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, near the Carlisle and Silloth railway, 1 mile NW of Carlisle. Acres, 297. Real property, £1, 629. Pop., 319. Houses, 61. Etterby Scar here commands a brilliant view, over Carlisle and the surrounding plain, away to Skiddaw and Helvellyn.
Etterby is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Etterby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Etterby in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25906
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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