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

CORBY (Little), a township in Wetheral parish, Cumberland; adjacent to the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 5½ miles E of Carlisle Acres, 352. Real property, £894. Pop., 241. Houses, 58.

Little Corby through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25923

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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