Scalby,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire

Scalby, East Riding of Yorkshire

Scalby, East Riding of Yorkshire

Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Scalby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gilberdyke, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Brough and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Goole. It lies on the B1230 road.[1]

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Historically in the wapentake of Howdenshire, it is now represented at Parliament as part of the Haltemprice and Howden Constituency.[2][3]

The name is from the same form as Scalby in North Yorkshire; Skalle-by, with Skalle being a personal name.[4] Skalle is Old Norse and by means farm or farmstead.[5]

Scalby was formerly a township in the parish of Blacktoft,[6] in 1866 Scalby became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Blacktoft, part also went to form Gilberdyke and Newport.[7] In 1931 the parish had a population of 160.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "291" (Map). Goole & Gilberdyke. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24488-3.
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    "Genuki: Blacktoft, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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    "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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    Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
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    Smith, A. H. (1970) [1937]. Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-521-04907-5.
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    "History of Scalby, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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    "Relationships and changes Scalby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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    "Population statistics Scalby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.
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