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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colby like this:
COLBY, a township in St. Lawrence-Appleby parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, 1½ mile WNW of Appleby. Acres, 919. Pop., 178. Houses, 38. It belonged to the Colbys and the Warcops.
Colby is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colby, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5346
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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