Scalby, East Riding of Yorkshire

Scalby
Bungalow at Scalby
Scalby is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Scalby
Scalby
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE839296
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBROUGH
Postcode districtHU15
Dialling code01430
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UK Parliament
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53°45′22″N 0°43′40″W / 53.756094°N 0.727752°W / 53.756094; -0.727752

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]

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. ^ "291" (Map). Goole & Gilberdyke. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24488-3.
  2. ^ "Genuki: Blacktoft, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "History of Scalby, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Scalby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. ^ "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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