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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scotby like this:
SCOTBY, a township-chapelry in Wetheral parish, Cumberland; on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 2½ miles E of Carlisle. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Carlisle. Acres, 1, 672. Real property, £4, 282. Pop., 520. Houses, 113. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £67. Patrons, Trustees. The church is good; and there are a Quakers' chapel and a village school.
Scotby is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scotby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scotby in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25943
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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